silfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • sylfr

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *silubrą, whence also Old English seolfor, Old Saxon siluvar, Old High German silbar, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr).

Noun

silfr n (genitive silfrs)

  1. silver

Descendants

  • Icelandic: silfur
  • Faroese: silvur
  • Norwegian: sylv; (dialectal) silv
  • Old Swedish: silver, sylver, sølver
  • Old Danish: silf, sylf, sølf
  • Elfdalian: silver
  • Gutnish: sylvar
  • Scanian: sølver
  • → Proto-Samic: *silpë (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “silfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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