Hölkvir

Old Norse Dictionary - hölkvir

Meaning of Old Norse word "hölkvir" (or hǫlkvir) in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hölkvir Old Norse word can mean:

hölkvir (hǫlkvir): m., poët. a horse, Edda (Gl.); h. hvílbeðjar, poët. a clothes’ horse, cp. Dan. sænge-hest (?), Akv. 31; gólf-h., a ‘closet-horse,’ poët. a house, Bragi; borð-h., a ‘board-hobby,’ a ship, Lex. poët.

hölkvir (hǫlkvir): II. the name of a mythol. steed, Edda.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hölkvir may be more accurately written as hǫlkvir.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛚᚴᚢᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

poët.: poetically.

v.: vide.

mythol.: mythology, mythologically.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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