silfr

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Old Norse[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

sylfr

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

silver

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

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