Kvelling
Old Norse Dictionary - kvelling
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvelling"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvelling
- f. [perhaps akin to keli-, q. v., cp. also kvilli], ailment, ailing, Post. 210, Grett. (in a verse). kvellinga-samr, adj. ailing, valetudinarian, Eg. 126, Sturl. ii. 53.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛚᛚᛁᚾᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)