Kvaka
Old Norse Dictionary - kvaka
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvaka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvaka
- að, [Engl. quack], to twitter, of a swallow, Eg. 420; fuglinn kvakadi, Hkv. Hjörv. 94; örn einu settisk hjá álptinni ok kvakaði við hana blíðliga, Ísl. ii. 195; bí bí og blaka! álptirnar kvaka, a ditty: metaph., Rb. 174.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)