Þverra
Old Norse Dictionary - þverra
Meaning of Old Norse word "þverra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word þverra can mean:þverra
- þverra
- ð, a causal to the preceding, to make to decrease; þverðu þeir þrótt sinn at þriðjungi, Hðm. 16; hann mátti ekki at vinna at þverra ágæti krapta hans, Greg. 79; þverrir þat nökkuð verðleik hans í Guðs augliti, Bs. i. 169; Sighvatr vildi eigi þverra kost sinn norðr þar, Sturl. ii. 65, Lex. Poët.
- þverra
- II. part. þverrandi, a diminisber,
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛁᚱᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hðm.
- Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)