Auki

Definitions

1 auki

a, m. eke [A. S. eaca; Old Engl. and Scot. eke or eik]

2 auki

1. increase, addition; Abram tók þann auka nafns síns, Ver. 14; a. öfundar ok hatrs, Stj. 192: cp. also in the phrase, verða at moldar auka, to become dust, to die, in a verse in the Hervar. S. Fas. i. 580; cp. maðr er moldu samr, man is but dust, Sl. 47; and another proverb, lauki er lítið gæft til auka, used by Sighvat (Lex. Poët.), the leek needs but little care to grow; sárs-auki, pain, Mirm. 47; Danmerkr auki is a poët. name of Zealand used by Bragi, Edda I: the phrase, í miklum auka, in a huge, colossal shape, Glúm. 345 (in a verse); hence perhaps comes the popular phrase, að færast í aukana (or haukana), to exert to the utmost one’s bodily strength, Glámr færðist í alla auka (of one wrestling), Grett. 114 A, (Ed. 1853 has færðist í aukana.)

3 auki

2. metaph. seed, germs, thou hast given me no seed, Stj. III. Gen. xv. 2; esp. the sperm of whales, amber, Sks. 137.

4 auki

β. produce of the earth, Barl. 193, 200.

5 auki

γ. interest of capital, N. G. L. ii. 380; vide áauki, sársauki, sakauki, i. 187.

6 auki

COMPDS: aukadagr, aukahlutr, aukanafn, aukasmíði, aukatungl, aukaverk, aukavika.

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
esp.: especially.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
lit: literally.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
poët.: poetical, poetically.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hervar. S.: Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mirm.: Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Sl.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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