Kveiking

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kveiking

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kveiking" in Norwegian.

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

kveiking
kveiking, f. Optænden; fig. kemr lífskveiking ok hiti í limu sveinsins Mar.9799; syndarinnar kveyking innan meðrsjalfum sér (mods. fjándans freistnifyrir útan sik) Stj. 832; kveikingarholdligra girnda Mar. 23427 (24512);sundrlyndis nœring ok úviðrkœmiligkveiking Thom. 1731.

Part of speech: f

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᚽᛁᚴᛁᚿᚵ
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:

f.
Feminin.
fig.
figurlig, i figurlig betydning.
m.
Masculin.
s.
substantiv.

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