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women;
-skap, n. women's temper;
-skáli, m. women's apartment;
-skipan, f. placing of the ladies (at a banquet);
-sveit, f. bevy of women;
-vagn, m. the Lesser Bear (Ursa Minor);
-vist, f. women's abode.
kvenn-borinn, pp. cognate;
-búnaðr, m. women's dress;
-dýr, n. female beast;
-folk, n. women-folk;
-fugl, m. hen bird;
-hallr, a. inclined to love, amorous;
-kenna (-da, -dr), v. to address as a woman;
-kenndr, pp. feminine;
-klæði, n. pl. women's dress;
-kné, n. cognate lineage; female degree of kin;
-kostr, m. good match (of a woman);
-kyn, n. female sex;
-kyrtill, m. woman's kirtle;
-leggr, m. kindred on the woman's side, the cognates;
-liga, adv., -ligr, a. womanly, womanlike;
-list, f. female skill;
-maðr, m. woman, opp. to 'karlmaðr';
-mannligr, a. womanlike;
-nýtr, a. able to procreate;
-samliga, adv. lasciviously (mæla kv. við konu);
-samr, a. amorous;
-semi, f. amorousness;
-sift, adv. on the female side;
-skikkja, f. woman's cloak;
-skratti, m. wicked woman, termagant;
-skrúði, m. women's attire;
-skygn, a. looking after women;
-skörungr, m. great (stately) lady;
-styrkr, a. strong enough for a woman;
-svift, adv. = -sift;
-söðull, m. woman's saddle, side-saddle;
-úmagi, m. female pauper;
-váðir, f. pl. woman's dress, female attire;
- vélar, f. pl. woman's wiles.
kvenska, f. womanhood, chastity.
kver, n. sheet (folded in a book).
kverk (pl. kverkr), f. (1) the angle below the chin (hann tók undirkverkina ok kyssti hana); fig. the inner angle of an axe-head (undir k. øxinni); (2) in pl. throat (konungr fór höndum um kverkr sveininum), kverka-mein, a. bronchitis;
-sótt, f. throat disease;
-sullr, m. boil in the throat, quinsy.
kverk-band, n. string of a cap or hood, going under the chin.
kvern (pl. -ir), f. (1) quern-stone, millstone; (2) quern, handmill (þar sat kona við k.).
kvernar-auga, n. the eye or hole of a mill-stone.
kvern-steinn, m. quern-stone millstone (hjó hann -stein til augans).
kveyking, kveykja, see 'kveiking, kveikja'.
kviða, f. narrative poem, ballad.
kviðar-girnd, f. gluttony.
kvið-burðr, m. verdict, or deilvery of the verdict, of neighbours.
kviðja (að), v. to forbid (k. e-m e-t); refl., kviðjast e-t, to decline, shun.
kviðlingr (-s, -ar), m. ditty.
kvið-maðr, m. 'inquest-man', juror.
kviðr (-ar; pl. -ir, acc. -u), m. (1) verdict (of neighbours); bera kvið um e-t, to give a verdict in a case; bera kvið á e-n, í móti e-m (af e-m), to give a verdict against (for, in favour of) one; (2) inquest, jury; kveðja e-n kviðar, to call (a neighbour) on an inquest; ryðja kviðinn, bjóða til ruðningar um kviðinn, to challenge the jury; (3) saying, word; k. norna, the decree of the Fates (kveld lifir maðr ekki eptir kvið norna).
kviðr (-ar; pl. -ir, acc. -u), m. (1) belly, abdomen; (2) womb.
kvið-sótt, f. colic;
-sullr, m. boil on the stomach.
kviðugr, a. pregnant.
kviðu-háttr, m. a kind of metre.
kvið-þroti, m. swelling of the stomach;
-verkr, m. belly-ache.
kvika, f. (1) the quick (under the nail or under a horse's hoof); (2) running fluid; yeast; (3) k. í nösum, polypus in the nostrils (?).
kvik-fé, n., -fénaðr, m. live stock, cattle (þu skalt njóta kvikfjár þíns).
kvikindi, n. = kykvendi.
kvik-látr, a. quick, lively;
-liga, adv. briskly;
-ligr, a. brisk, lively.
kvikna (að), v. (1) to quicken, come to life (dvergar höfðu kviknat í moldunni, svá sem rnaðkar í holdi); (2) to be kindled (eldr kviknar); tréit kviknaði, the tree took fire; (3) to revive, get fresh spirit (þá kviknaði hestr hans, er fyrr var móðr).
kviknan, f. quickening.
kvikr (acc. -van), a. (1) quick, alive, living (yfir þá götu náði engi k, kom

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