Hvitill

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvitill

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvitill" in Norwegian.

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

hvitill
hvitill, m. hvidt Sengetæppe, hvorpaa manligger (Folkespr. kvitel Aasen 412 a3jvf eng. blanket, dial. whittle, medensags. whitel Wright-Wülcker2 1, 12428sættes = lat. sagum, hvilket skal havebetegnet et Klæde, hvormed man legedeHimmelspret Martial I, 1, 8; SvetonOth. 2); hallaðist hón at einni fagrirekkju, hvitillinn, er á lá rekkjunni,var görr af tveim dýrum pellum okjaðarrenn umhverfis laufum saumaðrStr. 4027; báro þeir hana þá fjórirí húsin til sængar á hvitli (= í fjórumskautum) DN. IV, 90 (8824). Jvf. barns-hvitill, brothvitill.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛏᛁᛚᛚ
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:

eng.
engels.
f.
Feminin.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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