Kænugarðr

Old Norse Alternative forms non Kiænugarðr non Kœnugarðr somewhat newer Etymology city in Rus Composed of non kœna garðr, which is an adaptation of Slavic *Kijan(ov)ŭ gor(o)dŭ / *Kyjevŭ gor(o)dŭ, literally “Kyi's castle”. city in Sweden Composed of non Kænir garðr Proper noun m non ancient capital c/Rus in modern c/Ukraine Kyiv Kristni saga, chapter 12 non Þeir Þorvaldr Koðránsson ok Stefnir Þorgilsson fundust eftir hvarf Óláfs konungs. Þeir fóru báðir saman víða um heiminn ok allt út í Jórsalaheim ok þaðan til Miklagarðs ok svá til Kænugarðs it eystra eftir Nepr. Þorvaldr Koðránsson and Stefnir Þorgilsson met after king Óláfr dissapeared. They traveled both together far and wide around the world all the way to Jerusalem and from there to Constantinople and to Kyiv in the east along the Dnieper. non ancient city in modern c/Sweden mentioned in Gautreks saga Descendants is Kænugarður Kyiv See also non Kænir tribe in Sweden mentioned in Hversu Noregr byggðist and Gautreks saga