kván

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (woman). Cognate with modern English queen.

Noun

kván f (genitive kvánar, plural kvánir)

  1. wife

Declension

Derived terms

  • kvánarefni n (future wife)
  • kvánarmundr m (sum paid by a man for his wife)
  • kvánbœnir f pl (wooing)
  • kvánfang n (taking a wife)
  • kvánga (to make a man marry)
  • kvángan (taking a wife)
  • kvánlauss (wifeless)
  • kvánríki n (the domineering of a wife)
  • kvæna (to make one marry)
  • kvændr (a married man)
  • kvæning f (marriage)

See also

  • kona f (woman)

References

  • kván in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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