Elli-vafur
Old Norse Dictionary - elli-vafur
Meaning of Old Norse word "elli-vafur"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- elli-vafur
- n. pl. wavering from age, decrepitude, Bret. 162 (of king Lear); in Eg. 756 (the verse), the old poet said, vals hefi’k váfur elli = elli-vafur; the comparison with the passage in Bret. is decisive, and the explanation in Lex. Poët. s. v. vafur is undoubtedly wrong.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛚᛚᛁ-ᚢᛅᚠᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.