arfsal

Old Norse

Etymology

From arfr (“inheritance”) +‎ sal (“sale”).

Noun

arfsal n

1. cession of right of inheritance (on condition of getting maintenance for life)

Declension

  Declension of arfsal (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfsal	arfsalit	arfsǫl	arfsǫlin
accusative	arfsal	arfsalit	arfsǫl	arfsǫlin
dative	arfsali	arfsalinu	arfsǫlum	arfsǫlunum
genitive	arfsals	arfsalsins	arfsala	arfsalanna

Derived terms

• arfsalsmaðr
• arfsalsmáldagi

References

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