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afla

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að, [ afvel, breed, slock: avling, farming; avlsgaard, farm; faareavl, qvægavl, breed of sheep or cattle. In Norse () avle is to harvest; afla, to beget. In the verb afla the idea of producing or gathering prevails, whereas the nouns branch off; the weak afli chiefly denotes produce, means, stores, resources, troops, forces; the strong one—afl—force alone. Yet such phrases as ramr at afli indicate something besides the mere notion of strength. In the idioms—, , Norse—there are no traces left of the idea of ‘force:’ the opes and copiae. The spelling and pronunciation with bl (abl) is modern, perhaps from the time of the Reformation: the words efla with a changed vowel. The root is OP-, as shown in ope, ŏpes, the ŏ being changed into a?].
I. with of the thing, to gain, acquire, earn, procure; vandara at gæta fengins fjár en afla þess (a proverb); þá bjöggu þeir skip ok öfluðu manna til, got men to man it, 170.
β. the phrase, afla sér fjár ok frægðar, to earn fame and wealth, of young heroes going sea-roving; fóru um sumarit í víking ok öfluðu sér fjár, 4; afla sér fjár ok frama, 5; fjár ok virðingar, id.; hann hafði aflat sér fjár (made money) í hólmgöngum, 49; aflaði þessi bardagi honum mikillar frægðar, brought him great fame, ii. 307; kom honum í hug, at honum mundi mikillar framkvæmdar afla, bring him great advantage, 112.2. as a law term, to cause, inflict a wound; ef maðr aflar einum blóðs eðr bens af heiptugri hendi, i. 387.
II. with , mostly in unclassical writers, but now rare, to earn; aflaði hann þar fé mikit, vii. 80; aflandi þann thesaur er, 655 xxxii. i; hafit ér ok mikit í aflat, 159; mun ek til hafa atferð ok eljun at afla mér annan við, to contrive, 318, where, however, the excellent vellum 309, 4to, has —annars viðar—more classically, as the Saga in other passages uses the , afla sér manna ok hrossa, to procure horses and men, little below.
β. , e-m aflask e-t, gains, 163.γ. , njót sem þú hefir aflat, of ill-earned means, 37.δ. aflandi, 366.2. now used to fish, always with ; a standing phrase in , the only being used in that particular connection.
III. with in the sense of to perform, manage, be able to; hann aflaði brátt mikilli vinnu, ok var hagr vel, i. 289; fyr mun hann því afla en ek færa honum höfuð mitt, it will sooner happen, iv. 291, where the reads orka; bauð út leiðangri, sem honum þótti landit mestu mega afla, to the utmost that the country could produce, x. 118; ekki aflar harm því at standa í móti yðr, he is not man enough to stand against you, iii.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • cp.compare.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • Dan.Danish.
  • mod.modern.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
  • Lat.Latin.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
  • acc.þolfall (e. accusative)
  • MS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • e. g.exempli gratia.
  • l. c.loco citato.
  • reflex.reflexive.
  • absol.absolute, absolutely.
  • part.lýsingarháttur (e. participle)
  • dat.þágufall (e. dative)
  • Eg.Egils saga. (D. II.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • Al.Alexanders saga. (G. I.)
  • Ld.Laxdæla saga. (D. II.)
  • A. M.Arna-Magnacanus.
  • Fb.Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Njarð.Njarðvíkinga saga. (D. II.)
  • Hkr.Heimskringla. (E. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)