Bikkja
Old Norse Dictionary - bikkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "bikkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- bikkja
- ð, t, [bikka, to roll, Ivar Aasen], to plunge into water; hann bikði í sjóinn, he plunged overboard, Fms. x. 329; bikti sér út af borðinu, ii. 183; cp. Lapp. puokljet = to plunge.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛁᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.