Vanka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vanka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 vanka

að, (qs. vakka or vafka?), to rove, stroll about as if disturbed in mind: part. vankaðr, of a sheep with the turning disease; also in scorn of a person, þú ert vankaðr.

2 vanka

II. [A. S. wincian; Engl. wink], to wink; kómu þar inn menn ok vönkuðu til Sveins konungs, Fms. xi. 366, v. l.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛅᚾᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
l.: Linnæus.
part: participle.
part.: participle.
qs.: quasi.
S.: South, Southern.
v.: vide, verb.
v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

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