Hvar-vetna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hvar-vetna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hvar-vetna

adv., hórvetna, Grág. ii. 282, Post. 686 B. 2, Fms. ii. 269; but usually, as also in mod. usage, though less correctly, hver-vetna, Nj. 32, Fms. vi. 16. 296, Karl. 534, and passim; [from hvar and vetna, a gen. pl. from an obsolete vetta = wight]:—everywhere; tók herr hans hvarvetna at láta undan siga, Fms. i. 174; hvarvetna milli steinanna, 230.

2 hvar-vetna

2. with a local gen., h. þess er, wheresoever that, Grág. i. 36, ii. 292, 342, N. G. L. i. 42, cp. 74, where the gen. is dropped; munu þér hljóta at ráða okkar í millum h. er, in every case where, Fms. ii. 269, (thus Fb. 1. c., cp. Cd.)

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛅᚱ-ᚢᛁᛏᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adv
adverb.
adv.
adverb.
Cd.
Codex.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
gen.
genitive.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
opp
opposed to.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

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