Hvelja
Old Norse Dictionary - hveljaMeaning of Old Norse word "hvelja" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvelja
- u, f. [hvalr, cp. Engl. wheal], the skin of a cyclopterus or whale, etc.: in pl. the metaph. súpa hveljur, to sup on hveljur, i. e. to lose the breath, to gasp as when about half drowned; ekki þurfti hann Oddr staup, hann ýmist sökk eða hveljur saup, Stef. 01.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛚᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- pl.
- plural.