Döf
Old Norse Dictionary - döf
Meaning of Old Norse word "döf" (or dǫf)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word döf can mean:döf
- 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.