Hvap
Old Norse Dictionary - hvap
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvap"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvap
- n. [cp. Goth. hwapjan = to suffocate, extinguish], dropsical flesh, holda-hvap. hvap-ligr, adj. dropsy-like, dropsical.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.