Kvöl
Old Norse Dictionary - kvöl
Meaning of Old Norse word "kvöl" (or kvǫl)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kvöl can mean:kvöl
- kvöl (kvǫl)
- f., gen. kvalar, pl. kvalar, mod. kvalir, [kvelja; Dan. qual]:—torment, torture, Am. 61, 98, Fms. viii. 53, Stj. 157, Sks. 155: eccl. the Passion, Pass., Vídal. passim: in plur. esp. the torments of hell, helvítis kvalar, Fb. ii. 391, Nj. 273; í Helvíti ok kvölunum, Luke xvi. 23; já, sagði Sturla, svá má vera, þvíat allar kvalar munu honum sparðar til annars heims, Sturl. i. 89.
- kvöl (kvǫl)
- COMPDS: kvalastaðr, kvalastund.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, kvöl may be more accurately written as kvǫl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚢᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.