Kæna
Old Norse Dictionary - kæna
Meaning of Old Norse word "kæna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kæna
- u, f. [Germ. kahn], a kind of boat, Edda (Gl.): a nickname, Fms., freq. in mod. usage. Kænu-garðar, m. pl. a part of ancient Garðar (q. v.), Fb. iii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)