Kveðja

Old Norse Dictionary - kveðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "kveðja" in English.

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

kveðja: u, f. a welcome, greeting; konungr tók kveðju hans, Eg. 63, passim, Matth. i. 29: also of one absent, hann sagði þeim kveðju Gunnhildar, Nj. 5; bar hann konungi kveðju Þórólfs, Eg. 53; þeir skyldu segja konungi kveðju hans, Fms. x. 290; kveðju-sending, sending one’s greeting, compliments, vi. 92, vii. 103, Sturl. ii. 149: salutation, in the formula at the beginning of a letter, Ingi konungr sendir kveðju Sigurði konungi, Fms. vii. 220; N. M. sendir N. M. kveðju Guðs ok sína, D. I. passim:—in mod. usage the address on a letter is called kveðju.

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

Similar entries:

Kveðja (II)

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

D. I.: Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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