Kveita

Old Norse Dictionary - kveita

Meaning of Old Norse word "kveita" in English.

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

kveita Old Norse word can mean:

kveita
1. u, f. [kveite, Ivar Aasen], a halibut, flounder (heilag-fiski); kalt vatn augum en kveita (kvett or kveit. MS.) tönnum, lérept líki, in the Merman’s song, FaS. ii. 33; this is prob. the meaning of the word in this much-contested passage, and not as suggested in Aarb. (1866) 377.
kveita
2. tt, a false form for kneyta, FaS. ii. 131.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
prob.
probably.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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