Fyrir-kveða

Old Norse Dictionary - fyrir-kveða

Meaning of Old Norse word "fyrir-kveða" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

fyrir-kveða
kvað, to refuse, Fms. x. 382. Sturl. i. 37, Thom. 21, 23: reflex., en fyrirkveðask eigi at taka sættir, Fb. iii. 451.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚢᚱᛁᚱ-ᚴᚢᛁᚦᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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