kván
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- kvæn
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s (“woman”). Cognate with modern English queen.
Noun
kván f (genitive kvánar, plural kvánir)
- 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 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.