refhvörf
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse refhvǫrf, literally “fox-turns”.[1]
Noun
[edit]refhvörf n pl (plural only, genitive plural refhvarfa)
- an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing
Declension
[edit]Declension of refhvörf (pl-only neuter)
| plural | ||
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | refhvörf | refhvörfin |
| accusative | refhvörf | refhvörfin |
| dative | refhvörfum | refhvörfunum |
| genitive | refhvarfa | refhvarfanna |
Derived terms
[edit]- refhvarfabróðir (“a kind of spurious oxymoron”)
- refhvarfaháttur (“a metre or stanza in oxymoron”)