Hváða

Old Norse Dictionary - hváða

Meaning of Old Norse word "hváða"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hváða
u, f., not kváða, [Ulf. hwaþo = ἀφρός, Luke ix. 39, and hwaþjan = to froth]:—glue, lime, resin, esp. from trees, freq.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.

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