Hvatamaðr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvatamaðr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvatamaðr" in Norwegian.

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

hvatamaðr
hvatamaðr, m. Person som driver stærktog med Iver paa en Sag for at denskal vinde Fremgang; Þ. húsfreyja varok mikill hvatamaðr, at þessi ferðskyldi takast Laxd. 54 (1594); varengi meiri hvatamaðr (dvs. ingen varivrigere for), at þetta skyldi fyrst fram-gengt verða Fm. XI, 26321.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛆᛏᛆᛘᛆᚦᚱ
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:

m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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