Hvar-vetna
Old Norse Dictionary - hvar-vetnaMeaning of Old Norse word "hvar-vetna" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hvar-vetna Old Norse word can mean:
- hvar-vetna
- adv., hórvetna, Grág. ii. 282, Post. 686 B. 2, Fms. ii. 269; but usually, as also in mod. usage, though less correctly, hver-vetna, Nj. 32, Fms. vi. 16. 296, Karl. 534, and passim; [from hvar and vetna, a gen. pl. from an obsolete vetta = wight]:—everywhere; tók herr hans hvarvetna at láta undan siga, Fms. i. 174; hvarvetna milli steinanna, 230.
- hvar-vetna
- 2. with a local gen., h. þess er, wheresoever that, Grág. i. 36, ii. 292, 342, n. G. l. i. 42, cp. 74, where the gen. is dropped; munu þér hljóta at ráða okkar í millum h. er, in every case where, Fms. ii. 269, (thus Fb. 1. c., cp. Cd.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᚱ-ᚢᛁᛏᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- Cd.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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