Þvari

Old Norse Dictionary - þvari

Meaning of Old Norse word "þvari" in English.

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

þvari Old Norse word can mean:

þvari: a, m. [þverr], a cross-stick; ef þér kæmit í þverst þvari, unless a bolt were thrown athwart thee, unless thou be thwarted, Hkv. Hjörv. 18: in bryn-þvari, q. v.; ben-þvari, dólg-þvari, a ‘wound-stick,’ i. e. a weapon, Lex. Poët.

þvari: 2. a nickname, Bjarn. 36.

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

Abbreviations used:

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hkv. Hjörv.: Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

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