JÖFURR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

JÖFURR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 JÖFURR

m., dat. jöfri, pl. jöfrar:

2 JÖFURR

I. [A. S. eofor; O. H. G. epar; Germ. eber; Lat. aper]:—a wild boar; but it occurs in this sense only twice or thrice in poetry, Merl. 1. 39, Gkv. 2. 24.

3 JÖFURR

II. metaph. a king, warrior, prob. from the custom of wearing boar’s heads as helmets, cp. A. S. eofor-cumbol and Hildigöltr; jöfurr in this sense is not used in prose, but is freq. in old poetry, even in poems as old as the Ýt., see Lex. Poët. Sense I. is unknown to the Scandin., and sense II. to the Teut. languages.

Runic Inscription

ᛁᚢᚠᚢᚱᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
dat.: dative.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
S.: South, Southern.
Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Teut.: Teutonic.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Merl.: Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)

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