áifangr
nafnorðkarlkynái-fangr
s, ; áifangi (), () 160, and áifang (), Ísl. , follow the old declension (so as to distinguish the and ); áifangi, a, , ii. 340; áfangi, 29 new , i. 165, [æja, to bait, and vangr, campus; as to the f, Vetfangr = vetvangr, and hjörfangr = hjörvangr; Pál Vidal. derives it from fanga, to take]:—a resting-place; á áiföngum, i. 441; taka hest sinn á áiföngum, ii. 44; taka áifang ( ), Ísl. ii. 482; in the extracts from the last part of the wrongly spelt atfang (at = ái); höfðu þeir dvöl nokkura á áifanga, ii. , 272. In use áfangi means a day’s journey, the way made between two halting places, σταθμός; hence the phrase, ‘í tveim, þremr … áföngum,’ to make a journey in two, three … stages:—the áfanga-staðr, , is used = áifangr in the old sense; but ‘stadr’ is redundant, as the syllable ‘fangr’ already denotes place.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
- l. c.loco citato.
- sing.eintala (e. singular)
- mod.modern.
- Ed.edition, editions, edited.
- cp.compare.
- MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
- COMPDsamsett orð (e. compound)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Kb.Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
- Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.Grettis saga. (D. II.)
- Heiðarv. S.Heiðarvíga saga. (D. II.)
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)