Nökkvi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Nökkvi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 nökkvi (nǫkkvi)

a, m.; in the phrase, þungr sem ‘nökkvi,’ or nökkva-þungr, of things like hay soaked with water or the like. This word can hardly be related to nökkvi, a boat; we think it is qs. n-ökkvi, cp. ökkr and ökvast, ‘þungr sem einn ökvi’ rapidly pronounced sem ‘nökvi, the n being taken from the preceding word, as in njóli (jóll, p. 326, col. 2).

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚾᚢᚴᚴᚢᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
qs.
quasi.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Bárð.
Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)

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