Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ELFR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

4 definitions

1 ELFR

f., gen. elfar, acc. dat. elfi,

2 ELFR

1. a pr. name of the three rivers called Elbe, Lat. Albis, viz. Gaut-Elfr, the Elb of the Gauts (a Scandin. people) = the River Gotha of the present time; Sax-E., the Elb of the Saxons, the Elbe; Raum-E., the Elb of the Raums (a people in Norway), i. e. the present Glommen and Wormen, Bær. 3, Nj. 42. Fms. i. 6, ii. 128, iii. 40, iv. 121, ix. 350, 393, 401, x. 292: Elfar-bakki, the bank of one of these Elbes, Bær. 3, Fms. ix. 269, 274; Elfinar-bakki, Fms. i. 19;, of the river Ochil in Scotland, is a false reading = Ekkjals-bakki, vide Orkn. 12.

3 ELFR

COMPDS: Elfargrímar, Elfarkvíslir, Elfarsker.

4 ELFR

2. meton. used of any great river, (rare in Icel. but freq. in mod. Dan.)

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

ELFR

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "ELFR" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

acc.: accusative.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
dat.: dative.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
gen.: genitive.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
meton.: metonomy, metonomically.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
pr.: proper.
Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
v.: vide, verb.
viz: videlicet.
viz.: videlicet.

Works & Authors

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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