Hvergi
Old Norse Dictionary - hvergiMeaning of Old Norse word "hvergi" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hvergi Old Norse word can mean:
- hvergi
- 1. pron., see hverrgi.
- hvergi
- 2. adv. [see -gi, p. 199], nowhere; hann undi h., Landn. 174, Vsp. 3; áðr var h., before there was none anywhere, Íb. 16; sá þeir h. konung, Fms. ii. 332; hvergi á bæjum, Sturl. iii. 55; h. annarsstaðar, nowhere else, passim: with gen., hvergi lands, Helr. 9; hvergi jarðar né upphimins, Þkv. 2; moldar h., Fas. i. 521 (in a verse), Merl. 1. 59.
- hvergi
- II. metaph. in no manner, by no means, not at all; uggum hvergi, be not afraid! Kormak; varðar honum slíkt sem hvergi sé léð, Grág. i. 438; ef þú bregðr h. af, Nj. 31; at þeir skyldu h. at göra, 189; hvergi á fé at taka frá kirkju, K. Þ. K. 20 new Ed.: fara hvergi, to ‘fare nowhere,’ to stay at home, 9 new Ed., Fms. i. 10; ek vil hvergi fara, I shall not go at all, Ísl. ii. 32; vil ek at hvergi sé eptir riðit, nopursuit, 358; vera hvergi færr, to be quite unable to go, Eg. 107, Hkr. i. 269, Ó. H. 128.
- hvergi
- 2. with compar.; þat þykki mér hvergi úvænna, Fms. xi. 94; h. úframar, noways inferior, 48; h. betr, no better, Bs. i. 633; hvergi nær (mod. hvergi nærri), nowhere near, far from it, Eg. III.
- hvergi
- 3. alls hvergi, not at all, Grág. i. 141; hvar nema alls hvergi, where but nowhere, Ísl. ii. 236.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- pron.
- pronoun.
- adv.
- adverb.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- compar.
- comparative.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Helr.
- Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Merl.
- Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
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