Viki-vaki

Dictionnaire vieux norrois - viki-vaki

Signification du mot vieux norrois "viki-vaki"

Comme défini par le dictionnaire vieux norrois-anglais de Cleasby & Vigfusson :

viki-vaki
a, m. [this word, which hardly occurs in old writers, seems in the 15th century to have been adopted]:—a weekly wake, popular festival meetings and entertainments on Sunday evenings, with song and dance; förum vér til vikivaka | værðir þar og hvíld að taka, Eggert; songs and ballads sung at such weekly wakes were called either vikivaka-kvæði or forn-kvæði, q. v.

Inscription runique possible en futhark jeune :ᚢᛁᚴᛁ-ᚢᛅᚴᛁ
Les runes du futhark jeune ont été utilisées du 8ème au 12ème siècle en Scandinavie et dans leurs colonies à l'étranger

Abréviations utilisées :

m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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