[5, 6] aftíg lífs ‘deprivation of life [DEATH]’: Hap. leg. This translation is conjectural. According to LP: aftíg, the word is etymologically related to OE oftēon ‘deny, deprive’.
References
- Bibliography
- LP = Finnur Jónsson, ed. 1931. Lexicon poeticum antiquæ linguæ septentrionalis: Ordbog over det norsk-islandske skjaldesprog oprindelig forfattet af Sveinbjörn Egilsson. 2nd edn. Copenhagen: Møller.