Kvis
Old Norse Dictionary - kvis
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvis"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvis
- m. [kviðr; cp. Goth. qis], a rumour, tattle; nú sem konungr heyrði kvis þeirra, Stj. 518, v. l., freq. in mod. usage, as in 2 Cor. xii. 20 = Gr. ψιθυρισμοί.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)