Kyssa
Old Norse Dictionary - kyssaMeaning of Old Norse word "kyssa" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
kyssa Old Norse word can mean:
- kyssa
- t, [koss; Goth. kukjan; A. S. cyssjan; Engl. kiss; Germ. küssen; Dan. kysse; Swed. kyssa]:—to kiss, Hkv. 2. 13, Þkv. 27, Hkv. Hjörv. 43, Skv. 3. 4, Grág. i. 337, Landn. 247; kysti Kormakr Steingerði tvá kossa, Korm. 224; k. á hönd or kné e-m, as a token of homage, FmS. v. 238, vii. 314: whence the phrase, margr kyssir á þá hönd, er hann vildi gjarna af væri, viii. 231.
- kyssa
- II. reflex. in a recipr. sense, to kiss one another, Sd. 142, SkS. 513.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- recipr.
- reciprocally.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
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