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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse refhvǫrf, literally “fox-turns”.[1]
Noun
refhvörf n pl (plural only, genitive plural refhvarfa)
- an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing
Declension
Declension of refhvörf (pl-only neuter)
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