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
  Declension of kván (strong i-stem)
feminine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kván kvánin kvánir kvánirnar
accusative kván kvánina kvánir kvánirnar
dative kván kváninni kvánum kvánunum
genitive kvánar kvánarinnar kvána kvánanna

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 a man 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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