Hvárz

Old Norse Dictionary - hvárz

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvárz" in English.

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

hvárz: = hvárts, = hvárt es, = hvárt er, pron. neut. from hvarr, q. v., either, used adverbially; hvárz … eðr, either … or; hvártz hann hefir farit til þessa eðr eigi, Grág. i. 48; h. er til sóknar eða varnar, 56; hvárz þeir eru bændr eðr griðmenn, 57; hvárz hverfa til lofs eðr löstnnar, Greg. 10; hvárz verit hafa góð eðr íll; hvárz hann er lærðr eðr úlærðr, h. hann svimr á sjó eðr vatni, Hom. (St.) passim: adding a superfluous sem, hvártz sem maðr verðr sekr at sátt eðr á várþingi, Grág. i. 121.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

pron.: pronoun.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

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