Hvirfings-drykkja

Old Norse Dictionary - hvirfings-drykkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvirfings-drykkja" in English.

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

hvirfings-drykkja: u, f. a drinking bout, a kind of club in Norway in olden times as opposed to the later gildi, q. v.; hann kvað þá engar veizlur hafa haft þat haust nema gildi sín ok hvirfings-drykkjur, Hkr. ii. 165; Ólafr konungr (who died A. D. 1193) lét setja Mikla-gildi í Níðarósi, en áðr vóru þar hvirfingsdrykkjur, Fms. vi. 440.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. D.: Anno Domini.

f.: feminine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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