Auki
Old Norse Dictionary - auki
Meaning of Old Norse word "auki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word auki can mean:auki
- auki
- a, m. eke [A. S. eaca; Old Engl. and Scot. eke or eik]
- auki
- 1. increase, addition; Abram tók þann auka nafns síns, Ver. 14; a. öfundar ok hatrs, Stj. 192: cp. also in the phrase, verða at moldar auka, to become dust, to die, in a verse in the Hervar. S. FaS. i. 580; cp. maðr er moldu samr, man is but dust, Sl. 47; and another proverb, lauki er lítið gæft til auka, used by Sighvat (Lex. poët.), the leek needs but little care to grow; sárs-auki, pain, Mirm. 47; Danmerkr auki is a poët. name of Zealand used by Bragi, Edda I: the phrase, í miklum auka, in a huge, colossal shape, Glúm. 345 (in a verse); hence perhaps comes the popular phrase, að færast í aukana (or haukana), to exert to the utmost one’s bodily strength, Glámr færðist í alla auka (of one wrestling), Grett. 114 A, (Ed. 1853 has færðist í aukana.)
- auki
- 2. metaph. seed, germs, thou hast given me no seed, Stj. III. Gen. xv. 2; esp. the sperm of whales, amber, SkS. 137.
- auki
- β. produce of the earth, Barl. 193, 200.
- auki
- γ. interest of capital, n. G. l. ii. 380; vide áauki, sársauki, sakauki, i. 187.
- auki
- COMPDS: aukadagr, aukahlutr, aukanafn, aukasmíði, aukatungl, aukaverk, aukavika.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- cp.
- compare.
- poët.
- poetically.
- esp.
- especially.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hervar. S.
- Hervarar Saga. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Mirm.
- Mirmants Saga. (G. II.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Ver.
- Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)