Dykr
Old Norse Dictionary - dykr
Meaning of Old Norse word "dykr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- dykr
- (mod. dynkr, with an inserted n), m. a cracking, snapping noise; varð af því d. mikill, it gave a great crack, Grett. 96 A, cp. new Ed.; heyrðu þeir dyki mikla, Bárð. 32 new Ed.; mikill dykr, Al. 76; dunur ok dynki, FaS. iii. 412 (paper MS.); varð þat svá mikill dykr, sem nauts-búk flegnum væri kastað niðr á gólfit, Eb. 220 (new Ed. 78); dynkr, Grett. 178 new Ed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)