Dvena

Old Norwegian Dictionary - dvena

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "dvena" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

dvena
dvena, v. (að) ogsaa skrevet dvina: sløves, aftage i Kraft, ophøre; dvenar tómrmaðr (lat. otiosus homo torpescit) ílíkamligum girndum Hom. 529; ást,fýst dvenar Heilag. I, 47038. 47116;dvenar þroti þjótanda hafs Kgs. 544;sœkjum til borgarinnar ok gerið eigiat dvina við Klm. 38015; lét hann eigidvina (= niðr falla Flat. III, 24214)kveðandina Fm. V, 174.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚦᚠᚽᚿᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.
v.
Verbum.

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