Þvari

Old Norse Dictionary - þvari

Meaning of Old Norse word "þvari"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word þvari can mean:þvari

þvari
a, m. [þverr], a cross-stick; ef þér kæmit í þverst þvari, unless a bolt were thrown athwart thee, unless thou be thwarted, Hkv. Hjörv. 18: in bryn-þvari, q. v.; ben-þvari, dólg-þvari, a ‘wound-stick,’ i. e. a weapon, Lex. Poët.
þvari
2. a nickname, Bjarn. 36.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛅᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

i. e.
id est.
m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hkv. Hjörv.
Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
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