Hlökk
Old Norse Dictionary - hlökk
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlökk" (or hlǫkk)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlökk (hlǫkk)
- f., gen. Hlakkar, [perh. akin to A. S. hlanc, Engl. lank = thin, slender]:—one of the heathen Valkyriur, Edda, Gm. passim; and in compds, Hlakkar-, Lex. Poët. passim.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hlökk may be more accurately written as hlǫkk.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚴᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.