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.