Nöf
Old Icelandic Dictionary - nöfMeaning of Old Icelandic word "nöf" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
nöf Old Icelandic word can mean:
- nöf
- (gen. nafar, pl. nafar and nafir), f.
- nöf
- 1) nave of a wheel;
- nöf
- 2) the pole of the world;
- nöf
- 3) esp. pl. clasps, rings (by which the projecting ends of beams at the corneres of walls were held together).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚠ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- esp.
- especially.
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