Kaf
Old Icelandic Dictionary - kafMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kaf" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kaf Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kaf
- n. a plunge into water, dive, diving;
- kaf
- fær hann annat ~ at öðru, he gets one plunge after another;
- kaf
- taka ~, to dive under water;
- kaf
- á ~, í ~, into water, under water;
- kaf
- hlaupa á ~, to plunge into water;
- kaf
- fara í ~, to go under water;
- kaf
- á ~i, í ~i, under water, diving;
- kaf
- of snow, lágu hestarnir á ~i í snjónum, the horses stuck deep in the snow;
- kaf
- standa á ~i to sink deep (øxin stóð á kafi).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚠ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
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