Hvína
Old Norse Dictionary - hvína
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvína"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvína
- pret. hvein, hvinu, hvinit, [A. S. hwînan; Engl. whine; Dan. hvine; Swed. hvina]:—to give a whizzing sound, as the pinions of a bird, an arrow, shaft, gust of wind, or the like; hein hvein í hjarna maeni, the bone whizzed into his skull, Hausrl. 5; örvarnar flugu hvínandi yfir höfuð þeim, FmS. viii. 39; örvar hvinu hjá þeim öllu megin, 179; sær fell at landi hvínanda, Clem. 48; láta hein-þynntan hryneld h., Edda 88 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pret.
- preterite.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)