Kvenn-
Old Norse Dictionary - kvenn-
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvenn-"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvenn-
- the compds, p. 362, col. 2, observe—the ancients prob. said kven- with a single n; ‘kven’ is still sounded in Kven-grjót, a local name in western Icel., being the only remnant of the old form.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚾᚾ-
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- prob.
- probably.