nǫf

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᚢ (*nabu), attested in ᚾᚨᛒᛟᛉ (naboʀ /⁠nabōʀ⁠/) (genitive singular), from Proto-Germanic *nabō. Cognate with Old English nafu (English nave).

Noun

nǫf f (genitive nafar, plural nafar or nafir)

  1. nave, hub

Declension
  Declension of nǫf (strong ō-stem, ar and ir-plurals)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nǫf nǫfin nafar, nafir nafarnar, nafirnar
accusative nǫf nǫfina nafar, nafir nafarnar, nafirnar
dative nǫf nǫfinni nǫfum nǫfunum
genitive nafar nafarinnar nafa nafanna

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Icelandic: nöf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nav
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nav
  • Danish: nav
  • Old Swedish: naf

References
  • för in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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