Traf
Old Norse Dictionary - traf
Meaning of Old Norse word "traf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word traf can mean:traf
- traf
- n. [cp. trefr], in old writers only in pl. tröf, a hem, fringe;þá tók hón til trafanna es á klæðum þeim vóru er tjaldat var of kistuna, Bs. i. 347; hón hafði knýtt um sik blæju, ok vóru í mörk blá, ok tröf fyrir enda, a kerchief with blue marks or stripes and fringe at the ends, Ld. 244; at þeir göri tröf með dreglum um skikkjur sínar, Stj. 328 (= Lat. fimbria of the Vulgate); at snertum tröfum klæða sinna, … klæða-tröfum, the hems of one’s garment, Post. (Unger) 29.
- traf
- II. in mod. usage traf, sing., is a white linen kerchief; hvítr sem traf, white as a traf: traf-hvítr, adj. id.: trafa-kefli, n. a mangle: trafa-öskjur, f. pl. a linen-chest.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- adj.
- adjective.
- f.
- feminine.
- mod.
- modern.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)