Kvánga

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kvánga

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kvánga" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

kvánga: kvánga, v. (að) gifte en Søn eller mand-lig Slægtning, bevirke at han faar sigen Hustru (kván); eigi á faðir eðamóðir at kvánga son sínn eða giptadóttur sína með meira fé &c. Landsl.5, 7 (815); þeir töluðu fyrir honum,at þeir skyldi kónga hann Bev. 20911;kvánga eignir með e-m = gefa e-meignir til kvánfangs: eignir þær, erfaðirkvángar með son sínn eða giptirmeð dóttur sína Rb. 1, 211 fg; kvángastv. r. dvs. tage sig en Hustru, Str. 116;ef karlmaðr kvángast eðr kona giptistfyrir útan frænda ráð Landsl. 5, 324;kvángaðr dvs. gift (om Mandsperson) Eg.20 (3729); Jómsv. 6623; kvánguðum mönn-um ok giptom konom Homil. 218.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᛆᚿᚵᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.: Capitel.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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