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[1] afkarlig ‘prodigious’: The word is unique in recorded ON, although afkáralegur occurs in ModIcel. and afkárr in ON (see Note to st. 3/4). It appears from the parallel rhyme of afkart : hjarta in st. 3/4, that the vowel is short here.