ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *erfaz. Possibly related to Old Norse jarpr (“brown”), Old English eorp (“brown; dark, dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *erpaz (“light brown”), in which case from Proto-Indo-European *h₁erbʰ-, cognate with Ancient Greek ὀρφνός (orphnós, “dark brown”).
Noun
ᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ (erafaz /erᵃfaz/) m
- wolverine (Gulo gulo)
- 5th century, Hogganvik runestone:
- […] ᛖᚲᚾᚨᚢᛞᛁᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ ¶ ᛖᚲᛖᚱᚨᚠᚨᛉ […]
[…] eknaudigastiz ¶ ekerafaz […]- ek Naudigastiz, ek erᵃfaz
- I, Need-guest, I the Wolverine
- 5th century, Hogganvik runestone:
Usage notes
- Names/nicknames connected with certain (especially predatory) animals were common in Germanic society, compare ᚺᚼᚦᚢᚹᛟᛚᚼᚠᛦ, ᚺᚼᚱᛁᚹᛟᛚᚼᚠᛦ, ᚺᚨᚱᚨᛒᚨᚾᚨᛉ (harabanaʀ).
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