Hvel
Old Norse Dictionary - hvel
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvel"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hvel can mean:hvel
- hvel
- n., later form hjól, q. v.; the vowel was prob. long, qs. hvél, as in the Engl.; for in þd. 6 hvél and hál form a half rhyme; a weak neut. hvela occurs, Rb. 1812. 92, MS. 415. 8: [A. S. hweowol; Engl. wheel; cp. Gr. κύκλος]:—a wheel; á hverfanda hveli, on a turning wheel, Hm. 83, Grett. 119 A, FmS. i. 104, SkS. 338: of the moon, Alm. 15; á því hveli er snýsk und reið Rögnis, Sdm. 15; mörg hvel ok stór, Bret. 90; hálfu hvela sólarinnar, Rb. 112; með fjórum hvelum, SkS. 421; hann hjó hvel undan skipi sínu, Krók. 59; þar sem hón velti hveli sínu, Al. 23; brjóta í hveli, to break on the wheel, Hom. 147: an orb, geislanda hvel, a beaming orb, the sun, SkS. 94; fagra-hvel, fair wheel, poët. the sun, Alm.; himins hvel, heaven’s orb, the sun, Bragi; hvela sólarinnar, the sun’s disk, MS. 415. 8; hvel á tungli, Rb. 452: a circle, vofit (woven) með hvelum ok hringum, Str. 17.
- hvel
- COMPDS: hvelgörr, hvelvagn, hvelvala.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- neut.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)