Hverfr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hverfr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hverfr" in Norwegian.

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

hverfr: hverfr, adj. 1) saadan som kan vende sig i en vis Retning, til et Sted; eiga hverfttil e-s dvs. kunne tage sin Tilflugt til noget, Eids. 1, 422. 2) foranderlig, ustadig, upaalidelig; hverf er haust-gríma Hm. 73 (74); hverfr hugr Sig. 3, 39 (40); Sól. 31; sagði hversu hverft(dvs. ilde, troløst) Ammiral konungr hafðiráðit (nl. at han havde lovet Burnamentsin Datter Gloriant, som var Karvels unnasta) Klm. 11111. 3) hurtig, rask; fara hverft Nj. 128 (19713); Svarfd. 2015;stýra hverft Fld. II, 1783 (51412).

Part of speech: adj

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᚽᚱᚠᚱ
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:

adj.: Adjectiv.

fd.: finlandisk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

s.: substantiv.

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