- JAFNI
- m.1) equalness; mæla til jafna (= til jafns) við e-n, to speak just as well as another;2) even number (= jöfn tala).* * *1.a, m. an equal, a match for one: of a thing, mæl til jafna (= til jafna) við e-n, Fb. i. 250: mathem. an even number, í odda en eigi í jafna, Hom. (St.)2.a, m., botan. lycopodium clavatum, a herb used by dyers, Hjalt., mentioned in Sd.; jafna-baggi, jafna-belgr, a bag full of jafni, Landn. 208.COMPDS: jafnabróðir, jafnakollr.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.