ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉ

Proto-Norse

Etymology

Related, but perhaps not identical, to classical ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ (after), in turn from Proto-Germanic *after.

Preposition

ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉ (ᴀfatʀ)

1. (+accusative) after, in memory of
   • 550-600, inscription on the Istaby Runestone (DR 359, KJ98)

     ᛡᚠᚨᛏᛉᚺᛡᚱᛁᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᚨ ¶ ᚺᛡᚦᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛉᚺᛡᛖᚱᚢᚹᚢᛚᚨᚠᛁᛉ ¶ ᚹᚨᚱᛡᛁᛏᚱᚢᚾᛡᛉᚦᛡᛁᛡᛉ

     ᴀfatʀhᴀriwulafa ¶ hᴀþuwulafʀhᴀeruwulafiʀ ¶ warᴀitrunᴀʀþᴀiᴀʀ

     /afᵃtʀ Hariwulᵃfa, Haþuwulᵃfʀ Hearuwulᵃfīʀ, wᵃrait rūnaʀ þaiaʀ/

     In memory of Hariwulfʀ, Haþuwulfʀ, the descendant of Hearuwulfʀ, wrote these runes.

Descendants

• Old Norse: apt, at
  • Icelandic: at