ofljóst

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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of- (too much, excessively) +‎ ljóss (clear); literally "too clear", an ironic designation.

Examples

Guðrún Nordal, Tools of Literacy, page 205, quotes a relatively simple example: "[A kenning [e.g. 'forest of the head'] may designate] hár 'hair,' whose homophone Hár denotes Òðinn."

Adjective

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ofljóst

  1.  (of a phrase in a poem) being a kenning for something which is synonymous or homophonous with something else which is homophonous or synonymous with the intended morpheme, word, or phrase

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