Kviðugr
Old Norse Dictionary - kviðugr
Meaning of Old Norse word "kviðugr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kviðugr
- adj. pregnant, big with child, Stj. 176, 197; mær mun kviðog verða ok mun ala son, Post. 645. 62; sú mær ok móðir varð kviðug af Helgum Anda, Mar.:—with prep., vera kviðug at barni, to be with child; hón var kviðug at barni, Bs. ii. 166; Helga kona hans var kviðug at barni Þórðar, Þórð. (1860) 95: kviðug af kviknuðu jóði. Nikuld. 8; varð Loptr kviðugr af (at?) konu íllri, Hdl. 40, where the meaning is that Loki gave birth to an ogress (Hel?).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚦᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Þórð.
- Þórðar Saga hreðu. (D. V.)