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)

Declension

Declension of aflát (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative aflát aflátið aflát aflátin
accusative aflát aflátið aflát aflátin
dative afláti aflátinu aflátum aflátunum
genitive afláts aflátsins afláta aflátanna

Further reading

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

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “aflát”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 4; also available at the Internet Archive
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