Kveina

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kveina

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kveina" in Norwegian.

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

kveina: kveina, v. (að) klage, jamre sig (ags. cva-nian, got. qainon; jvf veina). Völs.1586 (c. 30); kveina um eldiviðar fæðFlat. I, 2904; jvf Guðr. 1, 1. 2, 11;Fld. III, 15428; Alex. 525; at vér skyl-im heldr af meinmælum fagna enkveina Heilag. II, 66833; létu, sem eigiheyrði, hvat er hón kveinaði Fm. VI,35213 fg; þorði nú engi at krytja eðakveina móti Israels lýð Stj. 37015;veinar nú ok kveinar ok biðr sérvægðar Æf. 1336; kveina sik eigi tilhafa at lúka svá mikit Æf. 16116.

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᚽᛁᚿᛆ
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.

f.: Feminin.

got.: gotisk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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