kvef
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From an earlier Proto-Germanic *kwabją, synchronically analyzed as a nominal formation from kvefja (“to suffocate, choke”), see there for more.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kvef n (genitive singular kvefs, no plural)
- cold (illness)
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “kvef”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)