Hvata
Old Norse Dictionary - hvata
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvata"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hvata can mean:hvata
- hvata
- að, to make speed, hasten with a thing, with dat.; hvata för sinni, h. ferðinni, to hasten one’s journey, 655 iii. 3, Fms. iv. 144; hvata göngunni, to quicken one’s pace, Edda 7; h. þessu, Lv. 20; h. báli, make speed with the bale-fire, Fms. x. 379: absol. to hasten, speed, hann eggjar at menn skulu hvata, Fær. 262; hvata til skipa, Eg. 357; hvata heim, Ísl. ii. 387; h. í brott, Rd. 16: with prep., hvata at e-u, to make haste with a thing, Hkr. i. 103.
- hvata
- II. also spelt hvota, Band, and Thom. 1. c., cp. hóta (II): to stretch forth with, with dat.; hvata hnefa at e-m, to threaten a person with the fist, but without striking, Grág. ii. 14; hvota skálm at e-m, Band, (in a verse); hvotandi sverðinu ofan í toman hausinn, Thom. 442: in mod. usage ota.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)