Definitions
Definitions
1 nökkverr nǫkkverr
m. a απ. λεγ. in a dub. passage, a nick (= nykr?),—nökkvers nökkvi, the nick’s coble = the stone, the rock (?), lasta lauss er lifnaði á nökkvers nökkva Bragi, when the guileless Bragi was left on the rock, Stor. 3; cp. hann tók dvergana, ok flytr þá á sæ út, ‘ok setr þá í flæðarsker,’ Edda 48.
Orthography
Orthography
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Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
nökkverr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "nökkverr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).