Hvargi

Old Norse Dictionary - hvargi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvargi" in English.

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

hvargi Old Norse word can mean:

hvargi: adv. indef. (for the particle -gi see p. 199); a clear distinction is made in the MSS. between hvargi, everywhere, and hvergi (q. v.), nowhere, (Hkr. i. 269, 278, ii. 208 in the folio Ed. are misprints):—wheresoever, with the particle er (es) or sem; hvargi sem menn verða staddir, 655 iii. 4; hvargi er hann kvángask, Grág. i. 181; hvargi er maðr drepr mann ok varðar þat skóggang, ii. 14; hvargi er menn eru staddir, 20; h. er hann tók, i. 210; h. er þú tekr land, Landn. 43, v. 1.; h. sem þeir herja, n. G. L. i. 103; h. er hann fór, FmS. xi. 40, Hkr. i. 100, 269; h. sem vér komum, Post. 645. 71; h. er þjóð heyrir, Am. 103.

hvargi: 2. in each, every place, without the particle; sýna mér, af hverju gefit er hvargi, what is given in each place, Nj. 76; en þá hit næsta sumar gat nær hvargi (almost everywhere) ber á Íslandi, BS. i. 135, (the MS. has hvergi erroneously, cp. the Annals of the year 1203.)

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

Abbreviations used:

adv.: adverb.

def.: definite.

f.: feminine.

indef.: indefinite.

L.: Linnæus.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

cp.: compare.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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