Kvásir
Old Norse Dictionary - kvásirMeaning of Old Norse word "kvásir" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kvásir
- m. a mythol. person, the hostage given by the Vanir to the Ases, whose blood when slain was the poetical mead, see Edda 47; Kvásis dreyri, the blood of Q = the poetry, 52.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛅᛋᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)