Kveykr
Old Norse Dictionary - kveykr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kveykr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kveykr
- m. [Engl. wick; Swed. veke; Dan. væge], a wick, of a lamp, Fb. iii. 508, freq.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)