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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