Hvar-vetna

Old Norse Dictionary - hvar-vetna

Meaning of Old Norse word "hvar-vetna"

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

Old Norse word hvar-vetna can mean:hvar-vetna

hvar-vetna
adv., hórvetna, Grág. ii. 282, Post. 686 B. 2, Fms. ii. 269; but usually, as also in mod. usage, though less correctly, hver-vetna, Nj. 32, Fms. vi. 16. 296, Karl. 534, and passim; [from hvar and vetna, a gen. pl. from an obsolete vetta = wight]:—everywhere; tók herr hans hvarvetna at láta undan siga, Fms. i. 174; hvarvetna milli steinanna, 230.
hvar-vetna
2. with a local gen., h. þess er, wheresoever that, Grág. i. 36, ii. 292, 342, n. G. l. i. 42, cp. 74, where the gen. is dropped; munu þér hljóta at ráða okkar í millum h. er, in every case where, Fms. ii. 269, (thus Fb. 1. c., cp. Cd.)

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

Abbreviations used:

adv.
adverb.
gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
v.
vide.
Cd.
Codex.
cp.
compare.
L.
Linnæus.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Karl.
Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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