tarfr

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish tarb (compare Irish tarbh, Manx tarroo), from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus, Old Norse þjórr), from Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”), or from an unknown source.

Noun

tarfr m (genitive tarfs, plural tarfar)

1. bull

   Synonyms: þjórr, naut

Declension

  Declension of tarfr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tarfr	tarfrinn	tarfar	tarfarnir
accusative	tarf	tarfinn	tarfa	tarfana
dative	tarfi	tarfinum	tǫrfum	tǫrfunum
genitive	tarfs	tarfsins	tarfa	tarfanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: tarfur m
• Faroese: tarvur m

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tarfr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)