Jafna
Viking Language Dictionary - jafnaMeaning of Old Norse / Old Icelandic word "jafna"
- jafna
- <-að-> vb (1) to smooth, even out, tidy, trim; make equal (in comparisons), equate; jafna [e-u] til [e-s] liken [sth] to [sth]
Possible runic inscriptions in Younger Futhark:
- - Long branch (Danish):ᛁᛅᚠᚾᛅ
- - Short twig (Swedish & Norwegian):ᛁᛆᚠᚿᛆ
Abbreviations used:
- comp
- comparative (adj or adv)
- e-s
- einhvers ‘of somebody or something,’ genetive)
- e-u
- einhverjum, einhverju ‘for somebody, something,’ dative
- n
- neuter
- sth
- something
- vb
- verb