refhvörf
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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse refhvǫrf, literally “fox-turns”.[1]
Noun
[edit]refhvörf n pl (plurale tantum)
- an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing
Declension
[edit]declension of refhvörf
| n-s | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | refhvörf | refhvörfin |
| accusative | refhvörf | refhvörfin |
| dative | refhvörfum | refhvörfunum |
| genitive | refhvarfa | refhvarfanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- refhvarfabróðir (a kind of spurious oxymoron)
- refhvarfaháttur (a metre or stanza in oxymoron)