Kvik-setja

Old Norse Dictionary - kvik-setja

Meaning of Old Norse word "kvik-setja" in English.

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

kvik-setja
t, (kyk-setja, Fms. viii. 201), to bury alive, Bárð. 179, Ann. 1357, Pr. 413:—eccl., kyksettr, enshrined as a saint; man gott orðit til kyksettra í bænum í þessi hríð, Fms. viii. 101.

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

Abbreviations used:

eccl.
ecclesiastical.
l.
line.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
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