Kvánga
Old Norse Dictionary - kvánga
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvánga"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kvánga can mean:kvánga
- kvánga
- að,
- kvánga
- I. act. to make a man marry; eigi á faðir-eða móðir at kvánga son sinn eðr gipta dóttur sína með meira fé heiman en slíkt komi á hlut þeirra er eptir eru, ef þá væri erfðum skipt, N. G. L. i. 81; this form however is not usual; but,
- kvánga
- II. reflex. kvángask, to marry, take a wife, of a man, (but giptast, to be given away, of a woman), Nj. 39, ÍsL. ii. 214; ef karlmaðr kvángask en kona giptisk fyrir útan frænda ráð, N. G. L. ii. 77, passim: part. kvángaðr, married, Eg. 83, Nj. 88, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- act.
- active.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- part.
- participle.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)