Hvergi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hvergiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hvergi" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hvergi Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hvergi
- I)
- hvergi
- pron.
- hvergi
- 1) each, every one (hann lét sem hann eigi vissi, hvat h. talaði);
- hvergi
- 2) adding ‘er’ or ‘sem’, whosoever (h. er þá beiðir); hverngi veg sem (howsoever) hann vill svara.
- hvergi
- II)
- hvergi
- adv.
- hvergi
- 1) nowhere (hann undi h.); h. annars staðar, nowhere else;
- hvergi
- 2) by no means, not at all; vil ek h. ara, I shall not go at all; vera h. fœrr, to be quite unable to go; h. nær, far from it (h. nær allir); with compar. (Bergr var þess h. fúsari); alls h., nowhere at all.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
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