Kveykja

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 kveykja

or kveikja, u, f. kindling, Stj. 192; öfundar k., Bs. ii. 21: in the west of Icel. a slight swelling of the rivers from rain or a thaw is called kveykja, a freshet,—það er komin k. í árnar. cp. kvikva (II).

2 kveykja

II. plur. kveykur (and kvikur, Bs. i. 197), yeast, ferment of ale; queyquor voru lagðar undir mungáts efni, Bs. i. 339; einhverr maðr vildi mungát göra, ok horfðisk á úvænliga, kvikurnar (kveikarnar, v. l.) vildu ekki duga, 197.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚢᛁᚢᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
gen.: genitive.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pass.: passive, passively.
pl.: plural.
plur.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
s. v.: sub verbo.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.
ζ: uncertain or wrong reading.

Works & Authors

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)
Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Hðm.: Hamðis-mál. (A. II.)
Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Valla L.: Valla Ljóts Saga. (D. II.)
Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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Kveykja

Kveykja

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1 kveykja

2 kveykja

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