Kvæmt
Old Norse Dictionary - kvæmt
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvæmt"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvæmt
- n. adj. [koma; Scot. queem; Germ. be-quem], coming: in the phrase, eiga kvæmt, to have free passage to come; er engum yðrum mönnum kvaemt í Noreg (i. e. being outlawed), Hkr. ii. 87, Ísl. ii. 432; aptr-kvæmt, út-kvæmt, as also hald-kvaemr (q. v.), hug-kvæmr (q. v.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᛘᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Germ.
- German.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)