Þvag

Old Norse Dictionary - þvag

Meaning of Old Norse word "þvag" in English.

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

þvag Old Norse word can mean:

þvag: n. [þvá], prop. ‘wash,’ but only used of,

þvag: 2. urine, so called from stale urine being in ancient times, as at the present day in Icel., used as lye, instead of soap, for washing wool, wadmal, and the like: in mod. usage as a medic. term, hland being too coarse; þvag-stemma, obstruction of the urine; þvag-lát, þvag-flæði, = enuresis; þvag-lausnir = pyuria; þvag-tregða = dysuria; þvag-sviði = ardor urinae, Fél. x. 57, 58.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

medic.: medicine, medically.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Fél.: Félags-rit.

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