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.

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