Þefr
Old Norse Dictionary - þefr
Meaning of Old Norse word "þefr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þefr
- m. a smell; ok kenna þó eigi þef af reykinum, Barl. 49; íllr þefr, Bárð. 38 new Ed.; ú-þefr, q. v.; hefir þat þef mest í munninum, Stj, 293, and passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᛁᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)