Verka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Verka

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 verka

að, to work, esp. as a law term; verka til e-s, to work towards, deserve, Hom. 89, 117; þess manns er áðr hefir til úhelgi sér verkat, to make oneself by one’s deeds, Grág. ii. 10, Orkn. 216; til þessa hefir þú þér verkat, Bs. i. 452.

2 verka

2. verka fisk, to dress fish, i. e. split it up, dry and prepare it, a fisherman’s term, and hence to cleanse a thing. II. reflex., verkask til e-s, H. E. i. 238.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
i. e.
id est.
lit
literally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.

Works & Authors

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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