Svelti-kví
Old Norse Dictionary - svelti-kví
Meaning of Old Norse word "svelti-kví"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- svelti-kví
- f. a pen in which one is put to starve, Grág. ii. 328, 330; reka fé ór sveltikvíum, K. Þ. K. 90.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛁᛚᛏᛁ-ᚴᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)