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WÀRF

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varieties

Three times WÀRF and one time WÀRV.

cognates

Old spellings (some):

  • hvarf - Old-norse
  • hwerf - Old-saxon
  • werf, werve - Old-dutch
  • hwaerf - Old-english

New spellings (some):

  • werf - Dutch
  • wharf - English
  • Werft - German
  • varv - Swedish
  • værft - Danish

dictionaries

  • current common meaning: shipyard/ dockyard
  • more original meanings (also): (artificial) inhabited hill/mound, property around a house/ yard, quay/shore or dam/dyke

https://gtb.ivdnt.org (werf): Yard, undeveloped land near a house.

https://etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/werf1

fragments

  • [019/15] SA JÉFT MÀN HJAM HUS ÀND WÀRV — he is given a house and yard
  • [/20] SA MOT MÀN HIM THÉR EN HUS EN WÀRF JÉWA — they must give him a house and yard there
  • [/25] ALLERA MANNALIK MOT MÀN EN ÀFTER DÉL AS WÀRF BY SINA HUS JÉVA — Everyone must be given an arable back yard behind his house
  • [090/01] NÉI MÀM HIRA DÁD HETH MÀN ADEL.BROST MIN BROTHER VRSLÉJEN FONDEN VPPA WÀRF — after my mother died, my brother Adelbrost was found dead on the wharf
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