ÞOKKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

ÞOKKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 ÞOKKA

að, [akin to þekkja, þykkja, qq. v.], to be so and so disposed, to think of, like; ýmsa vega þokka menn þat, sumir segja at …, men think variously of it, some say …, Fms. i. 59; sé ek þat at konungr þokkar ekki mitt mál, he likes it not, vi. 243.

2 ÞOKKA

2. hvárra liðsmenn þokkuðu með símnn höfðingja, sided with, took his part, Fms. vi. 220; þokkar húskarlinn heldr með Birni, en Þorkell með Þórði, Bjarn. 42.

3 ÞOKKA

II. reflex., e-m þokkask, to be liked; hann kemr sér í tal ok kunnleika við menn, ok þokkaðisk hann vel, he was well liked, Orkn. 262; biskup várr hefir oss því heitið, at vér skolum þá kennimenn hafa sem oss þokkask, þat er forn réttr, who are liked by us, whom we like, N. G. L. i. 416; vel þokkaðr af e-m, Fms. vii. 299; ílla þokkaðr, ill-liked; þær krásir verða svá hverjum þokkaðar sem hugr hans beiðir, 656 A. ii. 12.

Runic Inscription

þᚢᚴᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

bisk
bishop.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.
part
participle.
q. v.
quod vide.
qq. v.
quae vide.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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