vaf

Merkingar

n. [vefja], a wrapping, winding round, in sí-vaf (see sí); var tekinn knífr ok vafðr … Þorsteinn stakk í augun knífinum upp at vafinu, Sturl. ii. 181: the phrase, vera mikill í vöfum, to be bulky and heavy.

1. 2.

   in Icel. the piece of skin wound round a quill for infants to suck is called vaf.

2. II.

   [vefa] = fyrir-vaf, the weft.