Hvöt

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hvöt

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hvöt" (or hvǫt) in Norwegian.

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

hvöt (hvǫt): hvöt, f. (G. hvatar) 1) Tilskyndelse, Op-muntring (jvf hvetja 2). Alex. 1194;Fm. VIII, 18634. 2) Handling, Middel,hvorved man søger at indgyde en Mod,ægge ham til Mandighed og Kamp (jvfhvetja 3); húskarlahvöt OH. 20811 (Flat.II, 34313).

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, hvöt may be more accurately written as hvǫt.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚠᚯᛏ
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.

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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