nafarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᛟᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*nabogaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Old English nafugār (English auger), Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr.

Noun

nafarr m

1. auger

Declension

Declension of nafarr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafarr	nafarrinn	nafrar	nafrarnir
accusative	nafar	nafarinn	nafra	nafrana
dative	nafri	nafrinum	nǫfrum	nǫfrunum
genitive	nafars	nafarsins	nafra	nafranna

Descendants

• Icelandic: nafar
• Faroese: navar, navari
• Norn: naver
• Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: navar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: navar
• Elfdalian: nåvår
• Old Swedish: navar
  • Swedish: navar, naver, navare
• Old Danish: nauer
  • Danish: naver, navr, naur, navre, naure, nav, nave, nager
• Gutnish: navare
• → Old French: nafrer, navrer
  • Middle French: navrer
    • French: navrer

Further reading

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