silfr
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Old Norse[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *silubrą, whence also Old English seolfor, Old Saxon siluvar, Old High German silbar, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍂 (silubr).
Noun[edit]
silfr n
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: silfur
- Faroese: silvur
- Norwegian: sylv; (dialectal) silv
- Old Swedish: silver, sylver, sølver
- Swedish: silver
- Old Danish: silf, sylf, sølf
- Elfdalian: silver
- Gutnish: sylvar
- Scanian: sølver
References[edit]
- “silfr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press