Döf

Old Norse Dictionary - döf

Meaning of Old Norse word "döf" (or dǫf) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

döf Old Norse word can mean:

döf (dǫf): f., pl. dafar, the rump, Scot. doup; hér yfir skipunum uppi mættusk döfin ok höfuðit dýrsins (of a bear), Fas. ii. 172, while 510 has dausin; cp. Norse dov = rump, Ivar Aasen.

döf (dǫf): 2. a kind of spear, Edda (Gl.), Akv. 4, 14.

döf (dǫf): II. [cp. dafna, and Swed. däfven = moist], suck (?) and metaph. rest, in the poët. phrase, vær döf, sweet rest; milli Belindar brjósta-kúlna búið hefi eg þér væra döf, Grönd. 67; hreppa væra döf, sweet rest (of one dead), Feðga-æfi, 83 (in a verse).

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, döf may be more accurately written as dǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

Scot.: Scottish.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

poët.: poetically.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Grönd.: Benedikt Gröndal.

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