Kvenn-maðr
Old Norse Dictionary - kvenn-maðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvenn-maðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvenn-maðr
- m. a woman, freq. in mod. usage (see kona), Ld. 8, MS. 4. 23; kvennmanna bein, Eb. 338, and in countless compds; kvennmanns-búnaðr, kvennmanns-föt, a woman’s dress, Bárð. 173.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚾᚾ-ᛘᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)