Definitions
Definitions
1 kafna
að, (older form kvafna, Sks. 108), to be suffocated, choked, in water, steam, or the like; kafna af sandfoki, Al. 50; sögðu at Kvásir hefði kafnat í mannviti, Edda 47; k. í stofu-reyk, Grett. 116: of light, to be extinguished, Sks. 208: of a horse, kafna eðr springa, Fas. iii. 74.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
kafna
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "kafna" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).