Sauða-kvöð

Old Norse Dictionary - sauða-kvöð

Meaning of Old Norse word "sauða-kvöð" (or sauða-kvǫð) in English.

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

sauða-kvöð (sauða-kvǫð)
f. a tax paid in sheep, Sturl. iii. 258.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sauða-kvöð may be more accurately written as sauða-kvǫð.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.

Works & Authors cited:

Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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