nǫf
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Old Norse
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᚢ (*nabu), attested in ᚾᚨᛒᛟᛉ (naboʀ /nabōʀ/) (genitive singular), from Proto-Germanic *nabō. Cognate with Old English nafu (English nave).
Noun
[edit]nǫf f (genitive nafar, plural nafar or nafir)
Declension
[edit] Declension of nǫf (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
Derived terms
[edit]- nafaðr (“hubbed, naved”)
- (of a shield, poetic) baugnafaðr (“boss-hubbed”)
Descendants
[edit]- Icelandic: nöf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nav
- Norwegian Bokmål: nav
- Danish: nav
- Old Swedish: naf
- Swedish: nav
References
[edit]- för in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.