Hvenar

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hvenar

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hvenar

or hvenær, spelt hvenar in Dropl. 20, 21, and proncd. so at the present day; [hvenar seems to be the true form, as the word is prob. derived not from hve and nær, but is like Engl. when-e’er, from Goth. hwan = ποτέ; A. S. hwænne; Engl. when; Hel. huan; Germ. wann]:—when, Nj. 142, Ld. 204, Grág. i. 103, 350, passim.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛁᚾᛅᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Goth.: Gothic.
Hel.: Heliand.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
pl.: plural.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
proncd.: pronounced.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Dropl.: Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

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