Kvartill

Old Norse Dictionary - kvartill

Meaning of Old Norse word "kvartill"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

kvartill
m., mod. kvartél, n. [for. word; Germ. viertel], a quarter: the fourth, of time in music, Rb. 460: a quarter of an ell, Dipl. iii. 4: in mod. usage, of the moon, fyrsta, síðasta kvartil.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᚱᛏᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

for.
foreign.
Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.
Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
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