Hví-líkr
Old Norse Dictionary - hví-líkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hví-líkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hví-líkr can mean:hví-líkr
- hví-líkr
- adj. interrog. [Ulf. hweileiks; A. S. hwylc; Engl. which; Early Engl. and Scot. while, whilk]:—what like? (as still used in North. E. for of what kind?), Lat. qualis, FmS. ii. 220, v. 302, Nj. 269, passim in old and mod. usage.
- hví-líkr
- II. relative, Stj. 85.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁ-ᛚᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- North. E.
- Northern English.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)