Barki
Old Norse Dictionary - barki
Meaning of Old Norse word "barki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word barki can mean:barki
- barki
- 1. a, m. [Gr. φάρυγξ; alien from the South-Teut. idioms?], the windpipe, weazand. Eg. 508, Fas. i. 131, Fms. i. 217, vii. 191, Nj. 156: metaph. the stem of a boat; cp. háls, sviri.
- barki
- COMPDS: barkakýli, barkalok, barkaop.
- barki
- 2. a, m., mid. Lat. barca, a sort of small ship (for. word), Fms. vii. 82. barka-bazi, a, m., a cognom., Sturl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- cognom.
- cognomen.
- for.
- foreign.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mid. Lat.
- middle Latin.
- nom.
- nominative.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)