arfr

== Old Norse == === Etymology 1 === From *arbijaz, whence also Old English ierfe, Old High German arbeo. ==== Noun ==== arfr m (genitive arfs, plural arfar) inheritance heritage Synonym: fǫðurleifð f patrimony ===== Declension ===== Note: the ja-stem dative singular arf is attested once. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== arfa f (“heiress”) (rare) arfi m (“heir, heiress”) erfa (“to inherit”) erfð f (“inheritance”) ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Germanic *arbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃órtbʰ-o-s (“orphan”). Maybe cognate with Old English ierfe in the sense “cattle”, arf, and inorf (“household appliance”). ==== Noun ==== arfr m (genitive arfs, plural arfar) ox Synonyms: oxi, uxi m ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== arfuni, ǫrfuni m (“ox”) erfiði n (“toil”) ===== Descendants ===== Icelandic: arfur (“ox”) (obsolete) === References === === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “arfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive