Hví

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hví

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hví" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hví Old Icelandic word can mean:

hví
1) an old dat. of ‘hvat’; þá spurði Hallr, hví þat sætti, then H. asked what was the matter; fyrir hví, why, wherefore (fyrir h. biðr þú eigi lækningar?);
hví
2) adv. why? = fyrir hví (hví ertu svá fölr?).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛁ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
adv.
adverb.

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