Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Loka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

3 definitions

1 loka

u, f. a lock (latch); hann rekr aptr hurð ok lætr fyrir loku, Ísl. ii. 135, Fms. vi. 189; lokur ok slagbranda, iv. 299; loka var engi fyrir hurðum, láta lokur frá hurðum, … Auðr lætr loku (lok MS., but loku 114, l. c.) frá hurðu, Gísl. 28–30, Fms. vi. 189, viii. 332, Eg. 601, Lv. 60: the phrase, margr seilisk um hurð til lokunnar, many a man reaches far to catch what is near at hand, (almost answering to the Lat. quod petis hic est), Grett. 107: prop. a peg, Jabel tók búðar-nagla sinn eða loku, ok hamar, Stj. 388, (Judges ii. 21, a nail of the tent.)

2 loka

II. a kind of song, verses running on without division of strophes, lang-loka; urðar-lokur, a warlock song, a charm; for a specimen of a langloka see Snót 72 (Ed. 1850).

3 loka

COMPDS: lokugat, lokulindi, lokurán, lokusveinn, lokuþollr.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

loka

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "loka" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
dat.: dative.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
l. c.: loco citato.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
p.: page.
prop: properly.
prop.: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
Snót: Snót, poems.
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Þjal.: Þjalar-Jóns Saga. (G. III.)

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