Hvirfings-drykkja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hvirfings-drykkja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hvirfings-drykkja

u, f. a drinking bout, a kind of club in Norway in olden times as opposed to the later gildi, q. v.; hann kvað þá engar veizlur hafa haft þat haust nema gildi sín ok hvirfings-drykkjur, Hkr. ii. 165; Ólafr konungr (who died A. D. 1193) lét setja Mikla-gildi í Níðarósi, en áðr vóru þar hvirfingsdrykkjur, Fms. vi. 440.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚠᛁᚾᚴᛋ-ᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. D.
Anno Domini.
f.
feminine.
opp
opposed to.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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