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Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Norse *ᚾᚨᛒᛟᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*nabogaiʀaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Old English nafugār (English auger), Old Saxon navugēr, Old High German nabagēr.
Noun
nafarr m
- auger
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “nafarr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive