Kvæna
Old Norse Dictionary - kvæna
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvæna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kvæna can mean:kvæna
- kvæna
- d, mod. t, (kvæntist, Fb. i. 213), to make a man marry, Grett. 87 A.
- kvæna
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)