Poki

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Poki

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 poki

a, m. [Gael. poca; Du Cange poucha; Fr. poche; North. E. poke; as also pung = pungr, púss; Byzantine Gr. πουγγή, πούγγιον]:—a poke, pouch, bag, Fas. iii. 338; guðvefjar poki, Ld. 188, 202; in old writers of a small bag, in mod. of a big one; ullar-poki, a bag of wool, poka-prestr, m. a bag priest, a poor illiterate priest, a popular Icel. phrase, no doubt originating from the tale of the Master Thief and the Priest in the Poke, as told in the Norse Tales.

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch
chapter.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
Gael.
Gaelic.
Gr.
Greek.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
North. E.
Northern English.
orig
original, originally.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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