Myrkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 myrkr

n. [Dan. mörke; Scot. mirk], darkness; leynask út í myrkrit, Eg. 240: of the evening, allan dag til myrks, fram í myrkr, and the like: of fog, rak yfir myrkr svá mikit at þeir vissu eigi hvar þeir fóru, Nj. 124; í slíku myrkri, Glúm. 368; sjó-myrkr, Fms. ix. 506:—an eclipse, Ann. 1184; myrkrit mikla, on the 22nd of April, Ann. 1193, cp. 1312, 1330, Fms. vii. 152:—darkness from volcanic eruptions, Ann. 1158, 1226, 1262, 1300, 1341, 1350, see also Hekla and hraun.

2 myrkr

2. often in plur. in an intensive sense, like Lat. tenebrae; þessi guðin munu eiga myrkrunum at stýra, Fms. i. 97; frá eilífu ljósi til úendanligra myrkra, 262; helvítis myrkra, Anal. 291; myrkra fullr, full of darkness, Mar.; myrkra höfðingi, the prince of darkness, Al. 154; myrkra hérað, myrkra staðr, the place of darkness, i. e. hell, 153, 154, cp. Pass. 8. 4, 19, 20, and N. T. passim; this use of the plur. may have been influenced by the Latin.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᚢᚱᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
compar.: comparative.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
i. e.: id est.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
neut.: neuter.
opp: opposed to.
p.: page.
perh.: perhaps.
plur.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Scot.: Scottish.
superl.: superlative.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
vellum: vellum.

Works & Authors

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Anal.: Analecta. (D. II.)
Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Mar.: Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
N. T.: New Testament.
Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Og.: Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.
Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Skm.: Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)
Þiðr.: Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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Myrkr

Myrkr

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