refhvörf

Icelandic

Etymology

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

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)