Hviða
Old Norse Dictionary - hviða
Meaning of Old Norse word "hviða"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hviða
- u, f. [A. S. hwiða], a squall of wind, Ld. 326, freq.: medic. a fit; hósta-h., a fit of coughing.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)