Hvárr-tveggi

Old Norse Dictionary - hvárr-tveggi

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvárr-tveggi" in English.

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

hvárr-tveggi Old Norse word can mean:

hvárr-tveggi: or hvárr-tveggja; an older form, hvaðar-tveggi, occurs in Hkr. i. 205 (in a verse), and acc. m. hvaðran-tveggja, Korm. 224 (middle of the 10th century).

hvárr-tveggi: A. Forms:—the older declension is hvárr-tveggja, originally in two words, of which the latter is a gen. of tveir, literally = uter duorum, whether of twain; this form freq. occurs in old writers, the latter part being indecl., thus, neut. hvárt-tveggja, utrum duorum, Grág. i. 113, Hom. 156, Eg. 61, v. 1.: gen. hvárs-tveggja, FmS. i. 19, Grág. ii. 144: dat. hvárum-tveggja, hváru-tveggja, FmS. ii. 310, vii. 251, x. 304, Hkr. iii. 8, Grág. i. 113, Nj. 64, Eg. 181, Ísl. ii. 332; dat. fem. hvárri-tveggja, SkS. 215 B: acc. hvárn-tveggja, Nj. 145, FmS. i. 12, 13, K. Þ. K. 158: nom. pl. hvárir-tveggja, SkS. 272: gen. pl. hvárra-tveggja, FmS. x. 276.

hvárr-tveggi: II. tveggja afterwards took a kind of weak inflexion, viz. tveggi in nom. sing., tveggju in the oblique cases and in plur., in dat. tveggjum, but these forms are often applied with great irregularity; nom. sing. hvárr-tveggi, Grág. i. 6l, FmS. i. 17, 265, x. 249, Nj. 39, 55, 59, Ld. 290, Landn. 47, Ísl. ii. 360, 366, 369, Eg. 765, JS. 8, Hkr. iii. 8, passim: gen. fem. hvarrar tveggju, Boll. 326 C: dat. fem. sing. hvárri-tveggju, Grág. ii. 228, Nj. 210, v. 1.: acc. fem. hvára-tveggju, FmS. i. 62: pl. hvárir-tveggju, 655 xvii. i, Grág. i. 69, 107, FmS. i. 38, Eg. 267, Fb. ii. 103, 211, Fbr. 98, passim: acc. pl. hvára-tveggju, Grág. i. 78, Ld. 210: gen. pl. hvárra-tveggju, Eg. 32, FmS. ii. 14: dat. pl. hvárum-tveggjum, Grág. i. 30, ii. 44, FmS. i. 114, Landn. 160, passim.

hvárr-tveggi: 2. mixed irreg. forms, nom. pl. hvárir-tveggi, Grág. i. 69; hváru-tveggju (as nom. pl.), Ísl. ii. 254, scarcely occurs in good old MSS., but is freq. in mod. usage even as an indecl. form.

hvárr-tveggi: B. Usage:

hvárr-tveggi: I. either, each of two, both, Lat. uterque, Gr. ἑκάτερος, used both as adjective and substantive: 1. as adjective; ór hvárritveggju hlustinni, Nj. 210; ór hvárutveggju liðinu, Hkr. iii. 8; hvárumtveggjum leysingjunum, FmS. i. 114; ór hvárutveggja því vatni, vii. 251; hvárrtveggi herrinn, Hkr. iii. 8; um Mæri hváratveggju, FmS. i. 62; at hvárritveggju tiltekju þessi. Grág. ii. 228; á Bálkastöðum hvárumtveggjum, Landn. 160.

hvárr-tveggi: 2. as substantive, with gen.; hvárrtveggi þeirra, Grág. i. 61; hvárumtveggja þeirra, Nj. 64; hugr hvárstveggja þeirra, FmS. i. 19: with a possess, pron., hvárrtveggi okkarr, Nj. 55.

hvárr-tveggi: β. absol., til hvárstveggja, góðs ok ílls, Grág. ii. 144; hvárttveggja, fuglar ok aðrar skepnur, SkS. 103 B; við skaplyndi hvárratveggju, FmS. ii. 14; hvárttveggja, ok þó …, SkS. 351 B; at hvárirtveggi nemi orð annarra, Grág. i. 69.

hvárr-tveggi: II. the neut. hvárttveggja, used as adverb, both; þá hefir þat h. tynt góðum siðum ok dugandi mönnum, SkS. 348; very freq. in mod. usage with the particle enda ironically expressing dislike, það er hvortveggja hann kann mikit, enda veit hann af því, ‘tis true he knows much, but he lets it be seen.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

m.: masculine.

dat.: dative.

decl.: declined.

fem.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

indecl.: indeclinable.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

nom.: nominative.

pl.: plural.

v.: vide.

plur.: plural.

sing.: singular.

viz.: namely.

irreg.: irregular.

mod.: modern.

S.: Saga.

Gr.: Greek.

Lat.: Latin.

pron.: pronoun.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Korm.: Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Boll.: Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Js.: Járnsíða. (B. III.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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