kvánbœnir

Old Norse

Etymology

From kván +‎ bœn in plural form.

Noun

kvánbœnir f pl

1. wooing
   • Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu 5.

     Ok um morgininn ríðr Gunnlaugr upp á Gilsbakka ok bað fǫður sinn ríða til kvánbæna með sér út til Borgar.

Declension

Declension of kvánbœnir (strong i-stem, plural only)

feminine	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kvánbœnir	kvánbœnirnar
accusative	kvánbœnir	kvánbœnirnar
dative	kvánbœnum	kvánbœnunum
genitive	kvánbœna	kvánbœnanna

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kvánbœnir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 252; also available at the Internet Archive