Hválf
Old Norse Dictionary - hválf
Meaning of Old Norse word "hválf"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hválf
- n., mod. form hólf, [A. S. hwealf], a vault, BS. i. 177, SkS. 633, Al. 89; gufu-hvolf, or dampa-h., ‘steam-vault,’ the atmosphere, (mod.): of the concavity of a shield, Boll. 340; vera á hválfi, keel uppermost, of a boat or vessel; see hólf.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛚᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Boll.
- Bolla-þáttr. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)