tarfr

Old Norse

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Irish tarb (compare Irish tarbh, Manx tarroo), from Proto-Celtic *tarwos (“bull”), from Proto-Indo-European *táwros (“bull”) (compare Latin taurus, Old Norse þjórr), from Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- (“bull, ox”), or from an unknown source.

Noun

tarfr m (genitive tarfs, plural tarfar)

bull
Synonym: naut

Declension

Declension of tarfr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tarfr	tarfrinn	tarfar	tarfarnir
accusative	tarf	tarfinn	tarfa	tarfana
dative	tarfi	tarfinum	tǫrfum	tǫrfunum
genitive	tarfs	tarfsins	tarfa	tarfanna

Descendants

Faroese: tarvur m
Icelandic: tarfur m

References

“tarfr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

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