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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse afbrýði, afbrygði.
Pronunciation
Noun
afbrýði f (genitive singular afbrýði, no plural)
- jealousy
- Synonym: afbrýðisemi
Declension
Declension of afbrýði (sg-only feminine)
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From af- + brúðr (“bride”) + -i (“abstract noun suffix”), originally “jealousy of another’s bride”.
Noun
afbrýði f
- jealousy
- Synonym: ǫfund
- c. 850, Þjóðólfr of Hvinir, Ynglingatal, stanza 11:
Vasa þat bært, / at Bera skyldi
valsǿfendr / vígs of hvetja,
þá’s brǿðr tveir / at bǫnum urðusk
óþurfendr / of afbrýði.
- It was not right, that Bera should incite the slaughters of the slain to fight, when the two brothers became each other’s banemen, needlessly, out of jealousy.
Declension
Declension of afbrýði (weak īn-stem, singular only)