Hváptr
Old Norse Dictionary - hváptrMeaning of Old Norse word "hváptr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hváptr
- m., mod. hvoptr, the cheek, Lat. bucca; kemr á kinnina ok í hváptinn, Ísl. ii. 399; mér renna hróðrmál um hvápta, Húsd.; úrakaða hváptana, Orkn. 288, Fb. i. 395: the mouth, gape, Lat. rictus, of a beast, 416, 417, 530, SkS. 52, 53 new Ed.: the phrase, gott er at hafa tvá hváptana ok sitt með hverjum mæla, FaS. ii. 429, Þorst. S. St. 51; cp. kjaptr or kjöptr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛒᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Þorst. S. St.
- Þorsteins-þáttr Stangarhöggs. (D. II.)
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