silfr

silfr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • sylfr

Etymology

    From Proto-Germanic *silubrą. Cognate with Proto-West Germanic *silubr, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr).

    Noun

    silfr n (genitive silfrs)

    1. silver

    Descendants

    • Icelandic: silfur
    • Faroese: silvur
    • Norwegian: sylv, (dialectal) silv
    • Old Swedish: silver, sylver, sølver
    • Old Danish: silf, sylf, sølf
    • Elfdalian: silver
    • Gutnish: sylvar
    • Scanian: sølver

    Further reading

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