afleggja

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Equivalent to af- + leggja.

Verb

afleggja

  1. to put aside
  2. to give up, abandon

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: afleggja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avleggja
  • Old Swedish: afläggia
  • Danish: aflægge
    • Norwegian Bokmål: avlegge

References

  • afleggja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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