Hvönn
Old Norse Dictionary - hvönn
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvönn" (or hvǫnn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hvönn (hvǫnn)
- f., gen. hvannar, pl. hvannir, [Norse kvanne], angelica, archangelica L., Grág. ii. 348, Fms. ii. 244, Fbr. 87, 88: wild angelica being common in Icel., the word is freq. in local names, Hvann-á, Hvann-eyri, Hvann-dalr, Landn. In olden times the angelica seems to have been much used to give flavour to ale; see jóll.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hvönn may be more accurately written as hvǫnn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚢᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)