Kveykja
Old Norse Dictionary - kveykja
Meaning of Old Norse word "kveykja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kveykja can mean:kveykja
- kveykja
- or kveikja, u, f. kindling, Stj. 192; öfundar k., Bs. ii. 21: in the west of Icel. a slight swelling of the rivers from rain or a thaw is called kveykja, a freshet,—það er komin k. í árnar. cp. kvikva (II).
- kveykja
- II. plur. kveykur (and kvikur, Bs. i. 197), yeast, ferment of ale; queyquor voru lagðar undir mungáts efni, Bs. i. 339; einhverr maðr vildi mungát göra, ok horfðisk á úvænliga, kvikurnar (kveikarnar, v. l.) vildu ekki duga, 197.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚢᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- plur.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)