refhvörf
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse refhvörf.[1]
Noun
refhvörf n pl (plurale tantum)
- an oxymoron, a kind of equivocation which consisted in pairing off words of opposite bearing
Derived terms
- refhvarfabróðir (a kind of spurious oxymoron)
- refhvarfaháttur (a metre or stanza in oxymoron)
References
- ref-hvörf from Cleasby/Vigfusson