Hválfa
Old Norse Dictionary - hválfa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hválfa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hválfa
- d, in old writers spelt hólfa or hölfa; but hvolfa is the mod. form:—to turn vpside down, keel uppermost; sjá at þar hólfir skip á sjónum, Fb. ii. 223, as also Hb. l. c., Fbr. 103 new Ed.; þar hvolfði skip, Njarð. 376 (paper MS.); hóf upp knörr ok sneri á lopti ok kom hólfandi niðr, BS. i. 30; ok hugðu nú mundu fullkomlega yfir hólfa, it would be overwhelmed, 769.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛚᚠᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Hb.
- Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
- Njarð.
- Njarðvíkinga Saga. (D. II.)