Hvenar
Old Norse Dictionary - hvenar
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvenar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvenar
- or hvenær, spelt hvenar in Dropl. 20, 21, and proncd. so at the present day; [hvenar seems to be the true form, as the word is prob. derived not from hve and nær, but is like Engl. when-e’er, from Goth. hwan = ποτέ; A. S. hwænne; Engl. when; Hel. huan; Germ. wann]:—when, Nj. 142, Ld. 204, Grág. i. 103, 350, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚾᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- proncd.
- pronounced.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)