Ekkí
Old Norse Dictionary - ekkí
Meaning of Old Norse word "ekkí"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ekkí
- adv. no, in a slow hesitating way, freq. in mod. talk, and is mentioned as early as Run. Gramm. Ísl.; nei, ekkí, well no, not quite so!
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.