LYKKJA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

LYKKJA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 LYKKJA

u, f. [Dan. lökke; Ivar Aasen lykke; derived from lykja, lúka, but not from hlekkr]:—a lock, loop, coil; hann hafði lykkju ok dregr á hönd ser, Ísl. ii. 226; lykkjar í hornum, Korin. 86; þar til er lykkja varð á, a bend in a fence, Eg. 231, Fas. ii. 111 (of a flying dragon), Bær. 19: the loop or ring on which a bell hangs, Vm. 76: metaph., gera lykkju á leiðinni, to make a loop in one’s voyage, stop, Fms. v. 197: in knitting, taka upp lykkju, to pick up a loop; fella niðr lykkju, to drop a loop; whence lykkju-fall, n. the dropping a loop so as to leave a hole: lykkju-spor, n. pl. footprints in zig-zag, Jb. 424.

2 LYKKJA

II. an enclosed field (mod. Norse lykke or lokke), a villa, e. g. the Norse villas about Christiania,—eptir öystra stræti ok auster á lykkjur, N. G. L. ii. 241 (v. l.), D. N. passim.

Runic Inscription

ᛚᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
e. g.
exempli gratia.
f.
feminine.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
opp
opposed to.
pl.
plural.
s. v.
sub verbo.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Bær.
Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Jb.
Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Vm.
Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

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