Orðs-kviðr
Old Norse Dictionary - orðs-kviðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "orðs-kviðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- orðs-kviðr
- m. a phrase, Skálda 178, Mar.: fame, Sks. 447 B; but esp. a saw, proverb, Fms. ii. 39, vi. 220, 328, Hrafn. 6, Skálda 196, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚦᛋ-ᚴᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)