Kvef
Old Norse Dictionary - kvef
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvef"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvef
- n. [akin to kvefja, kefja, etc.; Engl. cough; Germ. keichen; Swed. quaf]:—a catarrh, freq. kvef-sótt, f. epidemic of kvef.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.