Hvert
Old Norse Dictionary - hvert
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvert"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hvert can mean:hvert
- hvert
- proncd. hvurt, neut. sing. of hverr, used as adv. whither, Germ. wohin, interrog.; Gunnarr sagði þeim hvert hann ætlaði, Nj. 76; Jarl spurði hvert hann færi þaðan, 132; gera ráð hvert hann sneri þaðan, Fms. v. 24.
- hvert
- II. hvert er, whithersoever; hvert er hann ferr, Nj. 129; hann let reka skipit hvert er vildi, Fms. i. 293; hvert er hann ferr fullum dagleiðum, þá er …, Grág. i. 93; gefi gaum at, hvert er hann er (in what direction) frá merki því er hann skal fylgja, Ó. H. 204.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- neut.
- neuter.
- proncd.
- pronounced.
- sing.
- singular.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)