kván

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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
feminine	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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