At-hjúkan
Old Norse Dictionary - at-hjúkan
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-hjúkan"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- at-hjúkan
- (now aðhjúkrun), f. [hjuka at e-m], heed, attention, care in the most tender sense of that word, e. g. that of a mother to her sick child; attention to a sick, frozen, shipwrecked, or destitute person, Fms. viii. 444, Finnb. 234, v. 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᚼᛁᚢᚴᛅᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)