refr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rebaz, possibly borrowed from Uralic. Compare Finnish repo, Northern Sami rieban.

Noun

refr m (genitive refs, plural refar)

1. a fox

Declension

  Declension of refr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	refr	refrinn	refar	refarnir
accusative	ref	refinn	refa	refana
dative	refi	refinum	refum	refunum
genitive	refs	refsins	refa	refanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: refur m
• Faroese: revur m
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rev m
• Norwegian Bokmål: rev m
• Elfdalian: röv m
• Old Swedish: ræver
  • Swedish: räv c, räf (pre-1906 spelling)
• Old Danish: ræf
  • Danish: ræv c

Further reading

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