Old Norse

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Etymology

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From af- +‎ gangr.

Noun

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afgangr m

  1. surplus
    með afgǫngum
    to spare
  2. disease, death

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: afgangur
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avgang
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avgang

References

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  • afgangr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press