nafarr

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

nafarr m

1. auger

• 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

• “nafarr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press