Icelandic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse afbrýði, afbrygði.

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Noun edit

afbrýði f (genitive singular afbrýði, no plural)

  1. jealousy

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Old Norse edit

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Etymology edit

From af- +‎ brúðr (bride) +‎ -i (abstract noun suffix), originally “jealousy of another’s bride”.

Noun edit

afbrýði f

  1. jealousy
    Synonym: ǫfund
    • c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, stanza 11:
      Vasa þat bært, / at Bera skyldi
      valsǿfendr / vígs of hvetja,
      þá’s brǿðr tveir / at bǫnum urðusk
      óþurfendr / of afbrýði.
      It was not right, that Bera should incite the slaughters of the slain [WARRIORS] to fight, when the two brothers became each other’s banemen, needlessly, out of jealousy.

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