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)

1. nave, hub

Declension

Declension of nǫf (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)

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 [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857

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