arfsalsmaðr

Old Norse

Etymology

From arfsal (“cession of inheritance rights”) +‎ maðr (“man”).

Noun

arfsalsmaðr m

someone that has made another his heir

Declension

Declension of arfsalsmaðr (strong consonant stem, s-genitive)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	arfsalsmaðr	arfsalsmaðrinn	arfsalsmenn	arfsalsmenninir
accusative	arfsalsmann	arfsalsmanninn	arfsalsmenn	arfsalsmennina
dative	arfsalsmanni	arfsalsmanninum	arfsalsmǫnnum	arfsalsmǫnnunum
genitive	arfsalsmanns	arfsalsmannsins	arfsalsmanna	arfsalsmannanna

Synonyms

arftǫkukarl

References

arfsalsmaðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

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