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Icelandic
Noun
aflát n (genitive singular afláts, nominative plural aflát)
- pause, ceasing, intermission
- (Roman Catholicism) indulgence (pardon or release from the expectation of punishment in purgatory, after the sinner has been granted absolution)
Declension
Further reading
Old Norse
Etymology
From af- + lát.
Noun
aflát n
- leaving off, relinquishing
- remission, pardon
Declension
Declension of aflát (strong a-stem)
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