WÀRF
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 [...]
[/20] SA MOT MÀN HIM THÉR EN HUS EN WÀRF JÉWA [...]
[/25] ALLERA MANNALIK MOT MÀN EN ÀFTER DÉL AS WÀRF BY SINA HUS JÉVA
he is given a house and yard [...]
they must give him a house and yard there [...]
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