kvelja

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse kvelja.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to torture, to torment

Conjugation

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Synonyms


Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

kvelja

  1. to torment, torture

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kvelja
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvela, kvele
  • Swedish: kvälja

References

  • 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