Kveikja
Old Icelandic Dictionary - kveikjaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "kveikja" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
kveikja Old Icelandic word can mean:
- kveikja
- I)
- kveikja
- (-ta, -tr), v.
- kveikja
- 1) to light, kindle; ~ eld, ljós, to kindle a fire, light;
- kveikja
- 2) fig. to arouse, give rise to (~ sorg, harm, fjándskap).
- kveikja
- II)
- kveikja
- f. kindling (öfundar ~).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᛁᚴᛁᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
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