Þveita

Old Norse Dictionary - þveita

Meaning of Old Norse word "þveita" in English.

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

þveita: t, in mod. usage þeita, dropping the v; the word is not to be spelt with y, for þeyta (to blow) and þveita (to hurl) are quite different words:—to hurl, fling; hann þrífr fleininn, ok þveitir glóanda framan í augat á jötninum, Mar. 1056; drápu hann, þveitandi hvasseggjat grjót í hans höfuð, Post. (Cod. Scard.): the word is very freq. in mod. usage, síðan kipti hann staumum alblóðugum út úr auganu og þeitti (not þeytti) honum frá sér af hendi, Od. ix. 398 (exactly in the same connection as Mar. l. c.); þeita steini; hann þeitti honum kringum sig; cp. þeiti-spjald, n. a top (= hreyti-speldi).

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

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Þveita (I)

Abbreviations used:

Cod.: Codex.

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)

Od.: Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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