kvelja

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Icelandic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse kvelja.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

kvelja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative kvaldi, supine kvalið)

  1. to torture, to torment

Conjugation[edit]

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Synonyms[edit]

Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną. Compare Old Armenian կեղ (keł).

Verb[edit]

kvelja

  1. to torment, torture
    Synonym: pína

Conjugation[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Icelandic: kvelja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvelja, kvela
  • Old Swedish: qvælia
  • Danish: kvæle

References[edit]

  • kvelja”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press