Kváma
Old Norse Dictionary - kváma
Meaning of Old Norse word "kváma"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kváma
- u, f., mod. koma, a coming, arrival; Flosi varð feginn kvámu hans, Nj. 254, Fms. vii. 108, n. G. L. i. 410, Landn. 306, passim; at-kváma, arrival; heim-k., coming home, kvámu-maðr, m. a comer, stranger, Fms. ii. 229, Fbr. 168, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᛘᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)