Váfa

Old Icelandic Dictionary - váfa

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "váfa" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

váfa Old Icelandic word can mean:

váfa
I)
váfa
(-ða), v. to swing, vibrate to and fro, hang; v. yfir, to be impending.
váfa
II)
váfa
f. ghost, spectre, shade.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚠᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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