Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Síkr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 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.

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Runic Inscription

síkr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "síkr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

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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