erfingi

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Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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erfingi m (genitive singular erfingja, nominative plural erfingjar)

  1. heir, successor
    Synonym: arfi

Declension

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    Declension of erfingi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative erfingi erfinginn erfingjar erfingjarnir
accusative erfingja erfingjann erfingja erfingjana
dative erfingja erfingjanum erfingjum erfingjunum
genitive erfingja erfingjans erfingja erfingjanna

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Related to arfr (patrimony, inheritance).

Noun

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erfingi m (genitive erfingja, plural erfingjar)

  1. heir, inheritor

Declension

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References

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