nefst
nafnorðkvenkyn
(nepst), [ näfst], a penalty, chastisement; undir Heilagrar kirkju nefst ok refsing, Munk. 72, v. 785: en er verra, þat er vita þykkjumk, niðja stríð um nept, my mind bodes me still worse things, a sore retribution to thy sons (a bitter fratricidal strife), 2. 8, for this must be the true sense of this contested passage; nept for nepst may be right by analogy of heipt and heipst; the word is altogether obsolete in Iceland, but is still in use in Sweden.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Swed.Swedish.
- D. N.Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Skv.Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)