Kvik-setja
Old Norse Dictionary - kvik-setja
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvik-setja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvik-setja
- t, (kyk-setja, Fms. viii. 201), to bury alive, Bárð. 179, Ann. 1357, Pr. 413:—eccl., kyksettr, enshrined as a saint; man gott orðit til kyksettra í bænum í þessi hríð, Fms. viii. 101.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚴ-ᛋᛁᛏᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)