afburðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From af- +‎ burðr (“carriage, bearing”), the latter from Proto-Germanic *burþiz f, from *beraną (“to bear”).

Noun

afburðr m (genitive afburðar, plural afburðir)

  1. superiority

Declension

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Declension of afburðr (strong i-stem, ar-genitive)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative afburðr afburðrinn afburðir afburðirnir
accusative afburð afburðinn afburði afburðina
dative afburð afburðinum afburðum afburðunum
genitive afburðar afburðarins afburða afburðanna

Derived terms

  • afburðar
  • afburðarmaðr m (“man of mark”)
  • afburðarsamr (“prone to distinguish oneself”)
  • afburðarskip n (“first-rate ship”)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “afburðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 2; also available at the Internet Archive
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