Nöf
Old Norwegian Dictionary - nöfMeaning of Old Norwegian word "nöf" (or nǫf) in Norwegian.
As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:
- nöf (nǫf)
- nöf, f. (Gen. nafar, n. PL. nafar og nafir) 1) Nav i et Hjul, Kapsel i Hjulets Centrumsom omgiver Hjulaxen og bevæger sigom denne (Folkespr. nov 3 Aasen 542a8,t. nabe DWb. VII, 434 fg jvf ght. nabaGraff II, 995, mht. nabe Mhd. Wb. II, 1,282b23); hann kallaði skjöldinn Hildarhjól en bauginn nöf hjólsins SE. I, 42623. 2) Pol af Verden eller Jorden ved En-derne af sammes Axe, om hvilke de hareller synes at have sin daglige Bevægelse (jvf lat. polus = des hiemels nabeL. Diefenbach Gloss. latini-germanicum446a56); tveir eru hvirflar heimsins, erfornir spekingar kölluðu nöfina nörðriok ina syðri; þat eru 2 stjörnur fastarþær, er himinn sýnist um veltast semhvel um axul Pr. 4764 jvf 4766. 3) Knudei en Laftebygning (jvf laft) hvormed dehorisontalt liggende Stokke sammenføiesi dens fire Hjørner, ogsaa den uden-for Sammenføiningen værende og derfrafremragende Ende af Stokken (jvf sv.knut, gsv. knuter Schlyter 349a); erþeir náðu stokkunum, þá tóku svámargir menn einn stokkinn, sem áféngu haldit, ok skutu öðrum endanumút í hyrninguna svá hart, at nafarnar(saa f. Jonsons Udgave) hrutu af fyrirútan ok hlupu í sundr veggirnir Eg.22 (4032); þeir (nL. som vare inde i Huset)hlupu þá á veggina, svá at af géngu naf-arnar af timbrstokkunum Halfss. 249;hann átti lokrekkju sterka gjörva aftimbrstokkum, ok brutu berserkirnirþegar upp svá, at af géngu nafarnarfyrir útan Eb. 25 (4121). Jvf. fjósnöf.
Part of speech: f
Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, nöf may be more accurately written as nǫf.
Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚠ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- Feminin.
- L.
- Linje.
- lat.
- latinsk.
- n.
- Neutrum.
- nl.
- nemlig.
- Pl.
- Pluralis.
- s.
- substantiv.
- v.
- Verbum.
Also available in related dictionaries:
This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages related to Old Norwegian.