- káf
- n. a plunge into water, dive, diving;fær hann annat kaf at öðru, he gets one plunge after another;taka kaf, to dive under water;á kaf, í kaf, into water, under water;hlaupa á kaf, to plunge into water;fara í kaf, to go under water;á kafi, í kafi, under water, diving;of snow, lágu hestarnir á kafi í snjónum, the horses stuck deep in the snow;standa á kafi to sink deep (øxin stóð á kafi).* * *n. a stirring about: metaph. pretence of work, no real work, það er ekki nema káf.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.