aptan
nafnorðkarlkyn
and aftan, s, , aptni, aptnar, sometimes spelt apni and apnar, [ aband; abend; even, evening; in we only find andanahti = οψέ, οψία; afton, aften,—as it is often spelt], evening; not very in prose, where kveld is the common word. It meant the time from 3 till 9 o’clock, like the Old English ‘even;’ miðraptan (middle-eve) is 6 o’clock; at 9 o’clock the night sets in, v. náttmál: a distinction is made between aptan and kveld, einn aptan at kveldi, an afternoon when the kveld (twilight) sets in, 35: but = kveld, um aptaninn síð er myrkt var orðit, iv. 308, viii. 228, xi. 113; at aptni, 623. 55, viii. 201, i. 146; of aptna (apna), ii. 224; á öptnum, 23; miðraptan, 9, 153; aptans bíðr óframs sök, a laggard’s suit bides till even (a proverb).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- Hel.Heliand.
- Germ.German.
- Engl.English.
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- Gr.Greek.
- Swed.Swedish.
- Dan.Danish.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- prop.proper, properly.
- gener.generally.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
- Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.Njála. (D. II.)