Kvísl
Old Norse Dictionary - kvísl
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvísl"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kvísl can mean:kvísl
- kvísl
- f. a branch, esp. of a tree, a fork, Fms. i. 75 (a dung fork); hey-k., a hay fork: of a stag’s horns, Str. 3; kvísla-tré, a forked tree, a fork, Rd. 296: of the letter y, Skálda 161.
- kvísl
- II. metaph. the fork of a river; hann hélt upp eptir inni Eystri kvísl, Fms. vii. 55, 188, Stj. 108, Symb. 12; nú eru kvíslir fleiri, ok skal eigi banna fiski för í einni kvísl, Grág. ii. 351; mið-k., the middle stream, Nj. 236; Elfar-kvíslir, a local name, the mouth of the Gota River, Fms.; Vana-k., Hkr. (begin.):—the stem or pedigree of a family, skal í þá kvísl óðal hverfa, Gþl. 282; milli fjarborinna kvísla, Sks. 330; kyn-kvísl, ætt-kvísl, nið-kvísl, lineage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛋᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- begin.
- beginning.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Str.
- Strengleikar. (G. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)