hvirfing

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hvirfingr

Etymology

From hverfa +‎ -ing.

Noun

hvirfing f

1. circle (of men)
2. drinking match

Declension

Declension of hvirfing (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hvirfing	hvirfingin	hvirfingar	hvirfingarnar
accusative	hvirfing	hvirfingina	hvirfingar	hvirfingarnar
dative	hvirfingu	hvirfingunni	hvirfingum	hvirfingunum
genitive	hvirfingar	hvirfingarinnar	hvirfinga	hvirfinganna

Further reading

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