Hvessa
Old Icelandic Dictionary - hvessaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "hvessa" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
hvessa Old Icelandic word can mean:
- hvessa
- (-ta, -tr), v.
- hvessa
- 1) to sharpen, whet (h. spjót); h. augun á e-t, to look keenly or hard at;
- hvessa
- 2) to stir up, instigate;
- hvessa
- 3) impers., hvessir (acc.), it blows up a gale.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁᛋᛋᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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