Nökviðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Nökviðr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 nökviðr (nǫkviðr)

adj., thus in old vellums, or also contr. nökðan; spelt with ey, neyqþan, Am. (Bugge); the true form is a single k, cp. mod. nakinn, not nakkinn, yet neycquiþr in Hm. 49, and necquiþ in Skv. l. c. (Bugge): contr. forms, nekðir (n., pl. m.), Eluc. 26, MS. 625. 66; nökðir, Eluc. 46; neykðra, Sks. l. c.: mod. nakinn, nakin, nakið, gen. nakins, but pl. naktir: [Ulf. naqaþs = γυμνός; A. S. nacod; Engl. naked; O. H. G. nachat; Germ. nackt; Dan. nögen; Lat. nudus, qs. nugdus]:—naked; lík skal eigi nökkvið niðr grafa, K. Þ. K. 24; vit nökvið hjún, Sks. 504 B; vera nökvið, Stj. 36; at þau sá sik nekvið, Eluc. 27, Maríu S. Egypt, passim; nökðra lima, Sks. 536 B; þegja (thus, as required both by sense and alliteration, not segja) skal þurs ef hann sitr nökviðr við eld, a saying, cp. ‘not to speak of a rope in a hanged man’s house,’ Ísl. ii. 317; neiss er nökviðr halr (a saying, see neiss), Hm.; hón var nökvið, Eb. 97, v. l. 2 new Ed., but nökt in the text; þeir létu þá síga nökða í vök, 623. 33; klæddir eða nökðír, Eluc. 46:—metaph. of a sword, nökvið sverð, naked swords, Skv. 3. 4; nökðan mæki, Am. 47; nökð sverð, Fms. v. 233.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚾᚢᚴᚢᛁᛏᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
ch
chapter.
contr.
contracted.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
l.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
Lat
Latin.
Lat.
Latin.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
p.
page.
pl.
plural.
qs.
quasi.
S.
South, Southern.
s. v.
sub verbo.
sing
singular.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.
vellum
vellum.

Works & Authors

Am.
Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)

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