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 kind of iter. from kveða; Scot. quitter]:—to rumour, report, noise abroad; var þá kvittað, at mannsafnaðr væri fyrir norðan land, Sturl. iii. 19; var þat kvittað, at …, i. 62 C; ef svá er sem sumir kvitta, Al. 134.

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:

l.
line.
Scot.
Scottish.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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