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