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)