Myrkr
Old Norse Dictionary - myrkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "myrkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word myrkr can mean:myrkr
- myrkr
- n. [Dan. mörke; Scot. mirk], darkness; leynask út í myrkrit, Eg. 240: of the evening, allan dag til myrks, fram í myrkr, and the like: of fog, rak yfir myrkr svá mikit at þeir vissu eigi hvar þeir fóru, Nj. 124; í slíku myrkri, Glúm. 368; sjó-myrkr, Fms. ix. 506:—an eclipse, Ann. 1184; myrkrit mikla, on the 22nd of April, Ann. 1193, cp. 1312, 1330, Fms. vii. 152:—darkness from volcanic eruptions, Ann. 1158, 1226, 1262, 1300, 1341, 1350, see also Hekla and hraun.
- myrkr
- 2. often in plur. in an intensive sense, like Lat. tenebrae; þessi guðin munu eiga myrkrunum at stýra, Fms. i. 97; frá eilífu ljósi til úendanligra myrkra, 262; helvítis myrkra, Anal. 291; myrkra fullr, full of darkness, Mar.; myrkra höfðingi, the prince of darkness, Al. 154; myrkra hérað, myrkra staðr, the place of darkness, i. e. hell, 153, 154, cp. Pass. 8. 4, 19, 20, and n. T. passim; this use of the plur. may have been influenced by the Latin.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Anal.
- Analecta. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.