Síkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Síkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 síkr

m. [Ivar Aasen sik; Swed. sik, små-sik]:—corregonus lavaretus, a kind of salmon, Edda (GL), Lex. Poët.; hence sík-tól, plur. from tál, in the verse in Kristni S., = the ‘sík-treachcry’ = the bait; halda sík-tólum í boðnar smiðju = to take the bait into the mouth, cp. gína flugu in the next verse.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᛁᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
plur.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Kristni S.: Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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