Karfa

Old Norse Dictionary - karfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "karfa"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

karfa
u, f., or körf, f., [Lat. corbis], a basket; akin to kerfi (q. v.), a bunch, a mod. word, the old being vand-laupr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚱᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
Lat.
Latin.
mod.
modern.
pr.
proper, properly.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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