Hölkvir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hölkvir

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hölkvir (hǫlkvir)

m., poët. a horse, Edda (Gl.); h. hvílbeðjar, poët. a clothes’ horse, cp. Dan. sænge-hest (?), Akv. 31; gólf-h., a ‘closet-horse,’ poët. a house, Bragi; borð-h., a ‘board-hobby,’ a ship, Lex. Poët.

2 hölkvir (hǫlkvir)

II. the name of a mythol. steed, Edda.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚼᚢᛚᚴᚢᛁᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mythol: mythology, mythological.
mythol.: mythology, mythological.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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