Eikja
Old Norse Dictionary - eikja
Meaning of Old Norse word "eikja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- eikja
- u, f. [eikja, Ivar Aasen], a small ferry-boat, Hbl. 7, Fms. iv 185, viii. 37, N. G. l. i. 239, 243; for Bs. i. 674 vide eykr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛁᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)