JAFNI

JAFNI
m.
1) equalness; mæla til jafna (= til jafns) við e-n, to speak just as well as another;
2) even number (= jöfn tala).
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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. . 1874.

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