Yrða

afrað

nafnorðhvorugkynaf-rað
afráð, afroð, and afhroð, ( iii. 169), [ afrad; from roð, rud, fundus, ager (?)].
I. prop, a Norse and Swedish law term, tribute, ground tax, payable to the king; a. ok landaura, i. 257, iii. 408. So also in 27, hvárt skyldu æsir a. gjalda, where it is to gildi, league.II. loss, damage,
1. in the phrase, gjalda a., to pay a heavy fine, suffer a great loss; en þat a. munu vér gjalda, at margir munu eigi kunna frá at segja hvárir sigrast, there will be so heavy a loss in men, such a havoc in killed, 197 (where most read afroð, some afrað, afrauð); töluðu þeir opt um málaferlin, sagði Flosi, at þeir hefði mikit a. goldit þegar, 254 ( afrað, afroð, and afhroð); Lýtingr mun þykjast áðr mikit a. goldit hafa í láti bræðra sinna, 155 ( afrað, afroð, and afhroð), x. 324.2. in the phrase, göra mikit a., to make a great havoc; görði hann mikit afhroð í sinni vörn, great slaughter, iii. 169: 3. advice, 5; the verse is spurious and the meaning false.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • cp.compare.
  • Swed.Swedish.
  • opp.opposed.
  • metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
  • MSS.manuscript, manuscripts.
  • Ed.edition, editions, edited.
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
  • D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
  • Vsp.Völuspá. (A. I.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
  • Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
  • Vtkv.Vegtams-kviða. (A. I.)