Mjólka
Old Norse Dictionary - mjólka
Meaning of Old Norse word "mjólka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word mjólka can mean:mjólka
- mjólka
- að, spelt molka, Grág. ii. 309, Gþl. 400, Hkv. i. 43, Ls. 23:—to milk, Grág. i. 430, Dropl. 14, Ísl. ii. 181, passim.
- mjólka
- II. to give milk, of cows, Bs. i. 194; mjólka betr, Ísl. ii. 180, Fas. iii. 373; kýriu mjólkar átta … merkr í mál, and the like.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᛁᚢᛚᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)