Jarki
Old Norse Dictionary - jarki
Meaning of Old Norse word "jarki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- jarki
- a, m. [akin to jaðarr, qs. jaðrki], the outside of the foot, Edda 110, freq. in mod. usage; hoppa út á jörkum, to walk on the jarki: in the Færoic dialect jarki is used of the hand = handar-jaðar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)