Kvæna

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

d, mod. t, (kvæntist, Fb. i. 213), to make a man marry, Grett. 87 A.

II. reflex. kvænask, to take a wife, Glúm. 344, Fb. i. 213: part. kvændr, mod. kvæntr, married, of a man, Sturl. i. 31, Fær. 3.

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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