Kvitta

Old Norse Dictionary - kvitta

Meaning of Old Norse word "kvitta" in English.

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

kvitta: að, [a for. word; Fr. quitter, from late Lat. quietare], to acquit, esp. of a debt, due; Gyrðr kvittaði Hall þar um, Vm. 72; hanu kvittaði Orm af sögðu jarðar-verði, Dipl. i. 11; hefir þú kvittað fyrir mig, Pass.

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

Similar entries:

Kvitta (II)

Abbreviations used:

esp.: especially.

for.: foreign.

Fr.: French in etymologies.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

pl.: plural.

Works & Authors cited:

Dipl.: Diplomatarium. (J. I.)

Fr.: Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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