kvæn

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (woman).

Noun

kvæn f (genitive kvænar, plural kvænir)

  1. Alternative form of kván

Declension

References

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