Skrið-kvikendi
Old Norse Dictionary - skrið-kvikendi
Meaning of Old Norse word "skrið-kvikendi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- skrið-kvikendi
- n., collect. creeping things, reptiles, worms, etc. (Dan. kryb), Stj. 19, 317, Fb. ii. 78; foglar, ferfætingar ok s. jarðar, Post. 656 C. 8.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚴᚱᛁᚦ-ᚴᚢᛁᚴᛁᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- collect.
- collective.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)