LOKKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LOKKR

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LOKKR

m. [A. S., Engl., Germ., and Dan. lock], a lock of hair, Stj. 417, Fb. ii. 563, Fs. 5, Bret. 103, the word is not freq. with the ancients, who used leppr (q. v.), which is now vulgar. lokka-maðr, m. a man with thick locks of hair, Sturl. i. 21.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚢᚴᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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