Kván
Old Norse Dictionary - kván
Meaning of Old Norse word "kván"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kván can mean:kván
- kván
- f. (kvæn, LS. 26, 56, Þkv. 8, Am. 6, Gkv. 3. 7), [see kona; Goth. quêns; A. S. cwên; Engl. queen; Scot. quean; Hel. quân]:—a wife, but never used in the general sense = a woman; an obsolete and poetical word, a ‘queen,’ wife, nú færit mér Freyju at kván, Þkv. 22; honum var brúðr at kván of kveðin, Fsm. 42, 46; svá beið hann sinnar kvánar, Vkv. 5; kván frjá sína, Skv. 3. 8; Héðins kván, the queen of Hedin = Hilda, Korm. 4, Ó. H. (in a verse); Óðs kván, the queen of Od, Hkr. i. (in a verse); kván Niðuðar, N.’s queen, Vkv. 28; bróðir hans kvanar = his wife’s brother, brother-in-law, Am. 28; ok kynvið kvánar minnar, Stor. 20: plur. kvánir, Skv. 3. 14; bið kván, a beloved wife, Lex. Poët.; ósk-kván, id.; Viðris kvæn, Odin’s wife, LS. 26; Byggvis kvæn, 56; kvæn konungs, a king’s queen, Gkv. 3. 7; nema færi mér Freyju at kvæn, Þkv. 8, but kván, 11, 22; kvæn var hón Högna, Am. 6.
- kván
- COMPDS: kvánarefni, kvánarmál, kvánarmundr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- plur.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fsm.
- Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Stor.
- Sona-torrek. (A. III.)
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)