afl

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse afl.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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afl n (genitive singular afls, nominative plural öfl)

  1. might, power, strength
  2. force
  3. energy
  4. violence, force

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Old Norse

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Etymology 1

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Probably from Proto-Germanic *abalaz or *aflaz (hearth).

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑvl̩/

Noun

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afl m (genitive afls, plural aflar)

  1. a hearth (especially of a forge)
    • Stjórn 108, in 1862, C. R. Unger, Stjórn: gammelnorsk Bibelhistorie: fra Verdens Skabelse til det babyloniske Fangenskab. Christiania, page 312:
      Enn er gull tok at brenna i aflinum.
      And the gold began to burn in the hearth.
Declension
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Descendants
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  • Faroese: alv n
  • Icelandic: afl n
  • Norwegian: avl m

References

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  • afl”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • afl in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • afl in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Germanic *aflą.

Noun

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afl n

  1. physical strength
  2. force, violence
  3. plurality of votes, majority
  4. virtue, inherent power
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References

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