At-vik
Old Norse Dictionary - at-vik
Meaning of Old Norse word "at-vik"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word at-vik can mean:at-vik
- at-vik
- n. [víkja at], mostly in plur. details, particulars; in the phrases, eptir atvikum, according to the circumstances of each case, Gþl. 403; atvik sakar, the particulars of a case, Sks. 663; með atvikum, circumstantially, chapter and verse, Fas. iii. 330: in Stj. 179 it seems to mean gestures.
- at-vik
- II. an onset, prob. only another way of spelling atvígi, n. G. l. ii. 65; at ek geta eigi hefnt þessa atviks er mér er gört, that I cannot get this affront avenged which has been done me, Grett. 151 A.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛏ-ᚢᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- prob.
- probably.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)