Rafr
Old Norse Dictionary - rafrMeaning of Old Norse word "rafr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
rafr Old Norse word can mean:
- rafr
- m., pl. rafir and rafar, amber; in raf-kastandi. rastar raf, sea amber, of which necklaces were made, Lex. Poët., cp. Tacit. Germ. ch. 45.
- rafr
- II. metaph. the amber-like fat and fins of a flounder hung up to dry and eaten as a dainty; rikling ok rafi, Sturl. i. 164, v. l.; einn gildr rafr, D. n. v. 616; sex rafi, i. 183; rafa, riklinga, n. G. l. iii. 119: in mod. usage it is called rafa-belti, n. the belt or round of the fins, Dipl. iii. 4. rafa-kollr, m. a nickname, Sturl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚱᛅᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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