Kveld

Old Norse Dictionary - kveld

Meaning of Old Norse word "kveld" in English.

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

kveld Old Norse word can mean:

kveld: n., proncd. kvöld: [akin to kvelja, for evening is the quelling or killing of the daylight; Ivar Aasen kveld; Swed. quäll]:—evening; in Icel. as well as in Norway kveld is the common popular word, whereas aptan (eve) is poetical and solemn; kveld is prob. elliptical, from kveld dags, quelling of day: sayings, at kveldi skal dag leyfa, Hm.; allir dagar eigu kveld; at kveldi, at eve, in the evening, K. Þ. K. 102; at kveldi dags, on an evening, Fms. vi. 83, Eg. 106; í kveldi, this evening, Skíða R.; í kveld, to-night, Stj. 121, Nj. 252; á kveldit, in the evening, Ld. 14; um kveldit, Nj. 6, 120; ok er mjök leið á kveldit …, þat vilda ek at þú færir eigi heim í kveld, … Gunnlaugr kom eigi heim um kveldit, Eb. 46, 48; þat kveld er líkmenn kómu heim, 268; á kveldum, Fs. 143.

kveld: COMPDS: kveldlangt, kveldlestr, kveldligr, kveldmatr, kveldmál, kveldmáltíð, KveldmáltíðarSacramenti, kveldriða, kveldroði, kveldseta, kveldstjarna, kveldsvæfr, kveldsöngr, kveldtími, Kveldúlfr, kveldvaka, kveldverðR.

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

Abbreviations used:

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

proncd.: pronounced.

R.: Rimur.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

K. Þ. K.: Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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