Hvötuðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hvötuðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvötuðr" (or hvǫtuðr) in English.

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

hvötuðr (hvǫtuðr)
m. an instigator, author, Lex. poët. chiefly in poët. compds.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hvötuðr may be more accurately written as hvǫtuðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

compds.
compounds.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetically.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages descending from Old Norse.

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