Bifurr

Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from Old Frisian *bever (“beaver”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), thus meaning "The Beaver", "The Diligent One".^[1] This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. seems dodgy

Proper noun edit

Bifurr m (genitive Bifurs)

(Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

References edit

^ Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

[1] Chester Nathan Gould, "Dwarf-Names: A Study in Old Icelandic Religion", in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America, Vol 44 (1929), issue #4

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