afsifja
sagnorðaf-sifja
að, [sifjar], a law term, to cut off from one’s ‘sib,’ alienate from one’s family, renounce; gefa má maðr vingjafir at sér lifanda, hest eða yxn, vápn eða þvílíka grfpi, ok afsifjar ( A reads afsitjar, but doubtless wrongly) hann sér þó at sex skynsömum mönnum þyki eigi arfsvik gör við erfingja, 163, i. 141, Pál Vidal. p. 84. The word appears to be a Norse law term, and does not occur in the laws of the Commonwealth, but came into use with the code
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- Cod.Codex.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- Jb.Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)