Vöðvi
Old Norse Dictionary - vöðvi
Meaning of Old Norse word "vöðvi" (or vǫðvi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vöðvi (vǫðvi)
- a, m. [Germ. waden—calf of the leg], a muscle; skal hann sár bótum bæta eyri þar sem vöðva skerr, N. G. L. i. 67; kykva-vöðvi, Hkr. i. 99, Þiðr. 187; hjó á lærit, svá at ór tók allan vöðvann, Grett. 136 A; þat er margra manna siðr at vinda vöðva klæðum ok kalla þat soðit, Fas. ii. 525, the word is very freq. in mod. usage; afl-vöðvi, the biceps-muscle; vöðva-sár, a flesh-wound, N. G. L. i. 172, Grág. i. 18; vöðva-skeina, a flesh-wound, Fbr. 212.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vöðvi may be more accurately written as vǫðvi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚦᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)