Kvista

Old Norwegian Dictionary - kvista

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "kvista" in Norwegian.

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

kvista: kvista, v. (að) kviste, nedhugge paa saadan Maade, som man hugger Kviste ellerGrene løs fra et Træ; k. limit af tréStj. 40137; jvf Post. 58424; kvista hvernniðr hjá öðrum sem hráviði Klm. 15511;vera má, at ek kvista einnhvern yð-varn eðr alla tvá, áðr ek er feldrLaxd. 82 (23112); má ok vera, at Guð-mundi þykki ek eigi torsóttligr eptir,ef hann kvistar af mér slíka vinina,sem þú ert Ljósv. 1513; kvistat hefirþú spurdaga mínn, en eigi hefir þúifan mína með rótum uppslitit Heilag.I, 45730; kvista bál dvs. opføre Baal, Eb. 63 (1157).

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᛁᛋᛏᛆ
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:

m.: Masculin.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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