Meaning of þvari | Babel Free

Definitions

1. borer, piercer
   archaic, masculine
2. spear
   archaic, masculine
3. a small stick-like tool for treating (cleaning/blocking) bleeding/open wounds, potentially a cotton swab (see quotations)
   masculine, obsolete
4. bittern; birds of the genus Botaurus, featuring a long piercing beak
   masculine

Examples

“Fyri þvara i holgrafin mein […] er og fífa brúkud.”

Insert the þvari into the wound […] and cotton grass is used.

“væta má lítinn þvara, og stinga í nasir, þat teppir nasa-blód.”

you can moisten a small þvari and stick it in your nostrils, it will stop the nosebleed.

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