vetna
nafnorð, kvenkyn
prob. a gen. pl. from vetta = vettr or vættr, a weight (cp. the Lat. -cunque; Gr. ποτέ; Engl. -ever); chiefly used in hvat-vetna, whatever, or hvar-vetna, wherever, everywhere; it hardly occurs except in composition, for Alm. 9 is inserted from paper MSS.; see vættr B.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- prob.
- probably.
- gen.
- eignarfall (e. genitive)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- Engl.
- English.
- MSS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Alm.
- Alvís-mál. (A. I.)