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kvelja

kvelja

Icelandic

Verb

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

  1. to torture, to torment

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Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

kvelja

  1. to torment, torture

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, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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