Jálkr

Old Norse Dictionary - jálkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "jálkr"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word jálkr can mean:jálkr

jálkr: m. [Norse jelk: Dan. vallak], a gelding; ef graðr hestr bítr jálk, Gþl. 392: in mod. usage a hackney, freq.

jálkr: II. a pr. name of Odin, Gm., Lex. Poët.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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