þvari

þvari m (genitive singular þvara, nominative plural þvarar)

1. (archaic) borer, piercer
2. (archaic) spear
3. (obsolete) a small stick-like tool for treating (cleaning/blocking) bleeding/open wounds, potentially a cotton swab (see quotations)
   • 1783, Björn Halldórsson (1724-1794), Gras-nytia eda gagn Þat, sem hvörr buandi madr getr haft af þeim osánum villijurtum, sem vaxa i land-eign hanns handa fáfródum buendum og gridmönnum a Islandi skrifat árid 1781‎^[1], page 57:

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

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

   • 1783, Björn Halldórsson (1724-1794), Gras-nytia eda gagn Þat, sem hvörr buandi madr getr haft af þeim osánum villijurtum, sem vaxa i land-eign hanns handa fáfródum buendum og gridmönnum a Islandi skrifat árid 1781‎^[2], page 84:

     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.

4. (birds) bittern; birds of the genus Botaurus, featuring a long piercing beak

• sefþvari (“Eurasian bittern”)
• litli þvari (“sars shrimp”)

• þvara (“stirring stick, wooden spoon”)

þvari m

1. borer, piercer, gimlet, drill
2. bolt, spear
3. staff, stick
4. sword

• brynþvari (“mail piercer”)
• ormþvari (“serpent borer”)

• þvara (“stirring stick”)

• Faroese: tvari (“gimlet”)
• Icelandic: þvari
• Norwegian Nynorsk: (rare) tvare (“screwdriver, nail”)