Fnykr
Old Norse Dictionary - fnykr
Meaning of Old Norse word "fnykr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fnykr
- m., also spelt nykr, [cp. Dan. fnug = = an atom, a light substance; Swed. fnugg]:—a stench, BS. ii. 5 (spelt snykr); þá slöri illum fnyk (MS. fnycc) af líkamanum, FmS. x. 379 (Ágrip); fnykr ok fýla, 213; nykr ok fýla, BS. i. 199; þar til er út ferr fnykr (MS. frykr) um nasar yðrar, Stj. 323, Numb. xi. 20, Barl. 86, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚾᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)