Kvaksaiv

Old Danish Dictionary - kvaksaiv

Meaning of Old Danish word "Kvaksaiv", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Kvaksaiv can mean:

  • no. kvaksalver; naar siugdom osss threnger, das søger vj om hielp buosss prester oc bin quaesslue struncke. De mundo et paupere. 116. — for Send store falskhed, ther alminde- ligen findes hos the quacksalberre (1577). Kbhvns. Dipl. Il. 378; de quacksalver, her vdi riget omstripper (1605). Geh. Ark. Årsb. IL, till, 82; circulator, quacksalfiner. Colding, Etymol. 293, 1463; Nuvl. latinit, 152; P. Syv. I. 264.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚴᚠᛆᚴᛋᛆᛁᚠ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).

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