jafnan
Old Norse
editEtymology 1
editCognate with Old English efne. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
editjafnan
- constantly, always
- (rare) even
- Málshattakvæði
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editjafnan
Etymology 3
editNoun
editjafnan
- nominative singular definite of jafna f
References
edit- “jafnan”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press