Þviti
Old Norse Dictionary - þviti
Meaning of Old Norse word "þviti"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þviti
- a, m. [akin to þveita], a stone, prop. a sling-stone (?); tóku mikinn stein, sá heitir þviti, ok höfðu þann stein fytir festar-hælinn, Edda 20; en þviti heitir hæll er stendr í hválinum, Edda ii. 515; hramm-þ., the ‘hand-stone,’ i. e. a gem or a bracelet, Höfuðl.: the word is still known as poët., e. g. liggðu þvita hulinn hér, honum einginn bifi! a mod. Icel. epitaph on a dog buried beneath a stone.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᛁᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- þ.
- þáttr.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Höfuðl.
- Höfuðlausn. (A. III.)