nǫf
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᚢ (*nabu), attested in ᚾᚨᛒᛟᛉ (naboʀ /nabōʀ/) (genitive singular), from Proto-Germanic *nabō. Cognate with Old English nafu (English nave).
Noun
nǫf f (genitive nafar, plural nafar or nafir)
Declension
| feminine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | nǫf | nǫfin | nafar, nafir | nafarnar, nafirnar |
| accusative | nǫf | nǫfina | nafar, nafir | nafarnar, nafirnar |
| dative | nǫf | nǫfinni | nǫfum | nǫfunum |
| genitive | nafar | nafarinnar | nafa | nafanna |
Derived terms
- nafaðr (“hubbed, naved”)
- (of a shield, poetic) baugnafaðr (“boss-hubbed”)
Descendants
- Icelandic: nöf
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nav
- Norwegian Bokmål: nav
- Danish: nav
- Old Swedish: naf
- Swedish: nav
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nöf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 157; also available at the Internet Archive