Hvítingr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvítingr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvítingr" in Norwegian.

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

hvítingr: hvítingr, m. hvid Gjenstand, med hvilketNavn betegnes 1) et Fjeld der udmærkersig ved noget derpaa værende hvidt,hvad enten dette er en deri forekommendehvid Stenart eller den Sne, hvormeddet altid er belagt; af et saadant Fjeldhar sandsynligvis Sæteren Hvítingr paaVos Dn. I, 26410 faaet sit Navn. Jvf. Hvítingseyjar Dn. II, 53. XII, 1617 (Mk.8519), ofte nævnte i Sagaerne. 2) enhvid Bølge (jvf hvítfyssa) SE. I, 5756;deraf hvítingr som Navn paa en Fos iLaagen (Sandsvær). 3) en Hvalart:Hvidfisk (balaena albicans Fabr. FaunaGrænland. s. 50). Kgs. 29. 4) enFiskart: Hviting (gadus merlangus).P. Claussøn 992. 5) et vist Sværd.Korm. 801. 8810 (199. 2116) jvf avitosa matre gladios recepit, quorum alterLyusingus, alter Hwittingus ob colli-mati acuminis nitorem vocabulum ha-buit Saxo ed. Müller I, 35526. 6) envis Hest: sá hestr var sonr HvítingsHítd. 558 jvf 10. 7) et vist Drikkehorn:þá vóru borin inn 2 horn í höllina,þau átti Agði jarl, gersemar miklar,ok vóru köllut Hvítingar Fm. III, 18921. 8) en Mand som bar dette Navn: Hvít-ingr hét einn umrenningr þeirra BaglaFm. VIII, 32920.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᛁᛏᛁᚿᚵᚱ
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:

f.: Feminin.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

s.: substantiv.

S.: Side.

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