1 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.
2 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.