Bikkja
Old Norse Dictionary - bikkja
Meaning of Old Norse word "bikkja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bikkja can mean:bikkja
- bikkja
- u, f. a bitch; þann graut gaf hann blauðum hundum ok mælti, þat er makligt at bikkjur eti Þór, Fms. ii. 163: as an abusive term, Fs. 54, Fas. i. 39; so in mod. Icel. a bad horse is called.
- bikkja
- COMPDS: bikkjuhvelpr, bikkjusonr, bikkjustakkr.
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:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)