Icelandic

Noun

refhvörf n pl ‎(plurale tantum)

1. 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

1. ↑ ref-hvörf from Cleasby/Vigfusson