Lukka
Old Norse Dictionary - lukka
Meaning of Old Norse word "lukka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lukka can mean:lukka
- lukka
- u, f. [a for. word, from Germ. gluck, but occurs in writers of the 14th century, e. g. Bárð. S., or even earlier], luck; þótti Þórðr mikla lukku á hafa haft, Bárð. 36; eigi mun þér silfr-fátt verða til lukkunnar, Finnb. 254 (from Arna-Magn. 132 fol.), Skíða R. 50, 53, 57: freq. in mod. usage, ó-lukka, ill luck, FmS. v. 255.
- lukka
- COMPDS: lukkuligr, lukkumaðR.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- f.
- feminine.
- for.
- foreign.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- R.
- Rimur.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Arna-Magn.
- Arna-Magnacanus.
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)