þukla

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

þukla

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 þukla

að, [cp. þjökka; the -la may be an inflex. dimin.]:—to grope for, feel, touch, like a blind man; hann fór höndum um kverkr sveininum ok þuklaði sullinum (of a king’s touch), Ó. H. 196; hann þuklaði á saxi ok vildi þá leggja á Bjarna, Þorst. St. 55; þuklar (þucklar) bróðir járnteininum at eldinum sem hógligast, Mar. 1056; var svá til þuklat (it was handled so) at hvárir-tveggju undu vel við, Fs. 76.

Runic Inscription

þᚢᚴᛚᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
dimin.
diminutive.
gl
glossary.
inflex.
inflexive.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.

Works & Authors

Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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