Hvern

Old Norse Dictionary - hvern

Betydningen af oldnorske ordet "hvern"

Som defineret af Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse til English ordbog:

hvern
or hvörn, f. [proncd. kvörn or kvern, but distinction is to be made between kvern, mola, and hvern, cerebrum; for in the latter word h is the true initial, as is shewn by comparison with Ulf. hwairnei = κρανίον, Mark xv. 22; Scot. harns; Germ. hirn; Swed. hjerna; Dan. hjerne, which stand in the same relation to hvern as hjól to hvel]:—the two boat-formed white bones embedded in a fish’s brains. These bones, as well as shells, are in Icel. collected and used by children in the game of guessing, as nuts etc. are in England; hann lauk þá upp höfuðskeljum mannanna, og tók hnefa-fylli úr hverju höfði og hugði vandliga að; eintómar hvarnir, og ekki nema tvær í þorsk-kindinni, Fjölnir (1845) 52. hvarnar-skeljar, f. pl. = hvarnir.

Mulig runeindskrift i yngre futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚾ
Yngre futhark runer blev brugt fra det 8. til det 12. århundrede i Skandinavien og deres oversøiske bosættelser

Forkortelser brugt:

Dan.
Danish.
etc.
et cetera.
f.
feminine.
Germ.
German.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
proncd.
pronounced.
Scot.
Scottish.
Swed.
Swedish.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.

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