Vakka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1. að, = vafka, to stray, hover about; láta vakka við skipin, Fms. viii. 289, Fas. ii. 88.

2. u, f., prob. an error either from veski or kakki, qq. v. (vatn-kakki); hunang í tunnum eðr vökkum, N. G. L. ii. 254.

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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