Köngur-váfa
Old Norse Dictionary - köngur-váfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "köngur-váfa" (or kǫngur-váfa)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- köngur-váfa (kǫngur-váfa)
- u, f., which is the truest and oldest spelling; kongorváfa, Eluc. 23, Barl. 195, v. l.; kavngorváfa and kaungorvofva, Mar. 153; whence köngulváfa, Barl. 195; mod. könguló: [the word is derived from an obsolete köngur (a texture), which has been preserved in the Norse-Finnish kankas, kankuri; perhaps also kögurr (above) is akin, if not the same word; O. H. G. kanker; Norse kaangle]:—a spider, passim.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, köngur-váfa may be more accurately written as kǫngur-váfa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚾᚴᚢᚱ-ᚢᛅᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)