Hvarf

Old Norse Dictionary - hvarf

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvarf" in English.

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

hvarf Old Norse word can mean:

hvarf: n. [hverfa], prop. a ‘turning away,’ disappearance: of a thing being stolen, hvörf ok stuldir, Fbr.; hvarf Iðunnar, Edda 46, Ld. 206, Band. 12 new Ed.: cp. sól-hvörf, sun-turn, i. e. the solstice. βrann hann þeim þar hvarf (mod. á hvarf), he ran out of their sight, Sturl. ii. 145; hlaupit í burt með ok runnit þeim skjótt hvarf, Bs. i. 704: in mod. usage a hill on the horizon is called hvarf; á hvarf, to go to the other side of a hill so as to be out of sight: vera á hvörfum, to waver, Skv. 3. 38. 2. shelter; því ek hefi nú leitat áðr allra hvarfa, Barl. 59; ef björn er horfinn í híði, lýsi því í fjölda manna at þat er hans hvarf (lair), n. G. l. i. 46; at-hvarf, shelter; göra sér e-n at hvarfi, to call on a friend, Fms. iv. 292.

hvarf: II. a local name for Cape Wrath in Scotland, Bs. i. 483; Hvarfs-gnipa, u, f. Cape Farewell in Greenland, A. A.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

v.: vide.

f.: feminine.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

A. A.: Antiquitates Americanae. (E. II.)

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