[8] hafna ‘forsake’: This verb occurs frequently in homiletic writings in the sense of Lat. contemnere ‘disregard, despise’, in relation to God or a virtuous life (ONP: hafna).
References
- Bibliography
- ONP = Degnbol, Helle et al., eds. 1989-. A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose / Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog. 1-. Copenhagen: The Arnamagnæan Commission.