Kvelda
Old Norse Dictionary - kvelda
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvelda"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvelda
- að, mod. kvölda, to draw towards evening; er kveldaði, FmS. iii. 114, vi. 156, Hkr. i. 24, FS. 14; nú tekr at k., Al. 81; þá var svá kveldat, at …, FmS. xi. 63; vert þú hjá oss, þvíat kvölda tekr og á daginn líðr, Luke xxiv. 29: absol., áðr en þessi dagr kveldi, MS. 4. 32.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛚᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- absol.
- absolute, absolutely.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)