Úfr
Old Norse Dictionary - úfrMeaning of Old Norse word "úfr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
úfr Old Norse word can mean:
- úfr
- m. a roughness, rough edge, e. g. on a board being shaped by an adze, also of ruffled hair, as when stroked backwards; hann sá járnloku eina, þar hafði komit högg í mikit ok reis á röndinni úfr hvass, Fas. iii. 380.
- úfr
- 2. metaph. roughness, hostility; risu þegar miklir úfar á með þeim, Sturl. iii. 178; ok get ek at stórir úfar rísi á með oss, Fb. iii. 450; settu Gíslungar nokkut úfa (acc. pl.) við honum, Ísl. ii. 314: the metaphor taken from a wild beast bristling its hair.
- úfr
- II. the uvula, mid. H. G. uwe; fékk hann sár lækni at skera sér úf, … ok skar meira af úf jarlsins enn hann hafði ætlat, Fms. iii. 31, 32, and freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- m.
- masculine.
- acc.
- accusative.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)