Kvitta
Old Norse Dictionary - kvitta
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvitta"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvitta
- að, [a for. word; Fr. quitter, from late Lat. quietare], to acquit, esp. of a debt, due; Gyrðr kvittaði Hall þar um, Vm. 72; hanu kvittaði Orm af sögðu jarðar-verði, Dipl. i. 11; hefir þú kvittað fyrir mig, Pass.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛏᛏᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- for.
- foreign.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dipl.
- Diplomatarium. (J. I.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)