refhvörf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse refhvǫrf, literally “fox-turns”.[1]

Noun

refhvörf n pl (plural only, genitive plural refhvarfa)

  1. an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing

Declension

Declension of refhvörf (pl-only neuter)
plural
indefinite definite
nominative refhvörf refhvörfin
accusative refhvörf refhvörfin
dative refhvörfum refhvörfunum
genitive refhvarfa refhvarfanna

Derived terms

  • refhvarfabróðir (“a kind of spurious oxymoron”)
  • refhvarfaháttur (“a metre or stanza in oxymoron”)

References

  1. ^ ref-hvörf from Cleasby/Vigfusson
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