Allfar

Swedish

Etymology

Short for Allfader, from Icelandic Alfaðir, from Old Norse Alfǫðr.

Proper noun

Allfar c

1. All-Father (a heiti for Odin)
   • 1792, Mathias Bjugg, Sagobrott öfver forn-saga‎^[1], (förläggaren) Samuel Norberg, archived from the original on 2025-02-13, page 35:

     Låt detta förklara at Han, Hvars Bud af vindarna lydes, Samt gifver åt skyarna lag: Är Allfar som I åkallen.

     Let this explain that He, Whose commands the winds obey, And gives to the skies law: Is the All-Father who you invoke.

   • 1930, Per Bonde, “Minnesruna över vår avlidne förkämpe Lektor Hans Pöhl”, in Kustbon‎^[2], volume 13, number 3, archived from the original on 2025-02-13, page 11:

     Kväden sånger om bedriften, som han utfört i vårt land! Växe rosor uppå griften, skyddade av Allfars hand!

     Sing songs about the achievement, that he carried out in our country! May roses grow upon his grave, protected by the All-Father's hand!

Declension

Declension of Allfar

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	Allfar	Allfars
	definite	Allfadern	Allfaderns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Synonyms

• Allfader
• Oden

References

• Allfar in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)