refhvörf

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse refhvǫrf, literally “fox-turns”.[1]

Noun

refhvörf n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing

Declension
declension of refhvörf
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative refhvörf refhvörfin
accusative refhvörf refhvörfin
dative refhvörfum refhvörfunum
genitive refhvarfa refhvarfanna

Derived terms
  • refhvarfabróðir (a kind of spurious oxymoron)
  • refhvarfaháttur (a metre or stanza in oxymoron)

References
  1. ref-hvörf from Cleasby/Vigfusson
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