Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vakr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

4 definitions

1 vakr

1. adj. vökr, vakrt, the r being radical; [Dan. vakker; Swed. vacker = handsome; Germ. wacker]:—wakeful, watchful, alert; ven þú þik æ sem vakrastan, Sks. 24; vakrir gegn allri freistni, Hom. 58; vakr í bænahaldi, Barl. 156; veri þér vakrir (vakkrir Cod.) ok minnisk kenninga þeirra, er …, 655 xiv. B. 2; vakrir í Guðs hræzlu, Greg. 35; inn vakri freistari, Stj. 144; ár-vakr, q. v.

2 vakr

2. alert, nimble; báðu menn vera vakra ok skjóta, Ó. H. 215; hann var hverjum manni kátari ok léttari ok vakrari, Fms. x. 152.

3 vakr

II. in mod. usage, vakr is used of an ambling palfrey, a horse which moves the legs on each side together (like a camel), such horses being much valued in Icel.; Hér er fækkað hófa ljóni, heiminn kvaddi vakri Skjóni, a ditty by Jón Þorl.; ríða vökrum hesti, opp. to harð-gengr; bráð-vakr, skeið-vakr, fleygi-vakr, all epithets of such a horse; cp. vekrð.

4 vakr

2. m. a kind of hawk, Edda (Gl.), Róm. 383.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

vakr

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
adj: adjective.
adj.: adjective.
ch: chapter.
Cod.: Codex.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
opp: opposed to.
opp.: opposed.
opp. to: opposed to.
p.: page.
q. v.: quod vide.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)
Hb.: Hauks-bók. (H. IV.)
Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Jón Þorl.: Jón Þorláksson.
Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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