nafarr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᛟᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*nabogaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Old English nafugār (English auger), Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr.

Noun

nafarr m

auger

Declension

Declension of *nafarr* (strong a-stem)
masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nafarr	nafarrinn	nafrar	nafrarnir
accusative	nafar	nafarinn	nafra	nafrana
dative	nafri	nafrinum	nǫfrum	nǫfrunum
genitive	nafars	nafarsins	nafra	nafranna

Descendants

Icelandic: nafar
Faroese: navar, navari
Norn: naver
Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: navar
- Norwegian Nynorsk: navar
Elfdalian: nåvår
Old Swedish: navar
- Swedish: navar, naver, navare
Old Danish: nauer
- Danish: naver, navr, naur, navre, naure, nav, nave, nager
Gutnish: navare
→ Old French: nafrer, navrer
- Middle French: navrer
  - French: navrer

Further reading

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nafarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive