erfingi

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrviɲcɪ/

Noun

erfingi m (genitive singular erfingja, nominative plural erfingjar)

  1. heir, successor
    Synonym: arfi

Declension

Declension of erfingi (masculine)
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

Etymology

Related to arfr (“patrimony, inheritance”).

Noun

erfingi m (genitive erfingja, plural erfingjar)

  1. heir, inheritor

Declension

Declension of erfingi (weak an-stem)
masculine 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

Further reading

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