erfa

inherit

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(-ða, -ðr), v.

1) to honour with a funeral feast (síðan lét Egill erfa sonu sina eptir fornum sið);

2) to inherit (erfir hón allt þat eptir börn sín).

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ð, with acc. to honour with a funeral feast, cp. the Irish phrase to ‘wake’ him, Eg. 606; síðan lét Egill e. sonu sína eptir fornri síðvenju, 644, Fms. i. 161, xi. 67. 2. to inherit, N. T. and mod. writers.

β. metaph. in the phrase, e. e-t við e-n, to bear long malice, to grumble.