aflát

See also: aflat

Icelandic

Noun

aflát n (genitive singular afláts, nominative plural aflát)

1. pause, ceasing, intermission
2. (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution)

Further reading

• “aflát” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

From af- +‎ lát.

Noun

aflát n

1. leaving off, relinquishing
2. remission, pardon

Declension

  Declension of aflát (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aflát	aflátit	aflát	aflátin
accusative	aflát	aflátit	aflát	aflátin
dative	afláti	aflátinu	aflátum	aflátunum
genitive	afláts	aflátsins	afláta	aflátanna

References

• aflát in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.