Kjós
Old Norse Dictionary - kjós
Meaning of Old Norse word "kjós"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kjós
- f., also kvos, a deep or hollow place, Post. 308 = dæl, q. v.: a local name, Kjós, Kjósar-sýsla, in the south of Iceland, Landn. Kjós-verjar, m. pl. the men of Kjós, Sturl. i. 199.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚢᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)