Vef-gefn
Old Norse Dictionary - vef-gefn
Meaning of Old Norse word "vef-gefn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vef-gefn
- f. the fairy of the loom, poët. a woman. Lex. poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚠ-ᚴᛁᚠᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.