Hvetja

Old Norse Dictionary - hvetja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvetja" in English.

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

hvetja Old Norse word can mean:

hvetja: hvatti, hvatt, pres. hvet, part. hvattr, Gh. 6; a middle form hvöttomc, Hom. 29; [A. S. hwettgan; Engl. whet; Germ. wetzen; cp. hvass]:—to whet, sharpen a cutting instrument; h. sverð, Kormak; h. spjót, Fb. i. 189; Skarphéðinn hvatti öxi, Nj. 66, FS. 72, Landn. 293; h. gadd, Stj. 77.

hvetja: II. metaph. to make one keen, encourage; þats mik hvatti hugr, LS. 64; síðan hvatti hann lið sitt, FmS. ix. 509, Hðm. 2; hvat hvatti þik hingat, what urged thee to come here? Nj. 6; h. ok hvessa, FmS. vii. 37; hugr mik hvatti, Fm. 6; heilög ritning hvetr oss opt at fara, Hom. 9, FS. 6, passim: part, hvetjandi, an inciter, instigator, Mar. 656 A. i. 12: pass, hvatinn, cut; hvatinn spjóti, pierced with a spear, FaS. ii. (in a verse), απ. λεγ.; cp. hvatt (q. v.), of the sheep mark, which seems to point to an affinity between Engl. to cut and Icel. hvetja.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

S.: Saga.

απ. λεγ.: απαξ. λεγόμενον.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gh.: Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fm.: Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)

Ls.: Loka-senna. (A. I.)

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

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