Hverfr
Old Norse Dictionary - hverfr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hverfr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hverfr can mean:hverfr
- hverfr
- adj. shifty; hverf haustgríma, Hm. 73; hverfr hugr, a shifty mind, Sol. 31: crank, of a ship, freq. in mod. usage: also in the phrase, stýra hverft, to steer wrong. Fas. ii. 178.
- hverfr
- 2. metaph., ráða hverft, to give false counsel, Karl. III; fara hverft, to start, stagger, as if frightened, Nj. 197, Sd. 154; whence the mod. verða hverft, to be startled, be frightened: of clothes, rétt-hverfr, turning right; út-hverfr, turning outside; as also út-hverfa, rétt-hverfa, u, f.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚠᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- f.
- feminine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)