Myrkvi
Old Norse Dictionary - myrkvi
Meaning of Old Norse word "myrkvi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- myrkvi
- a, m., older form mjorkvi or mjörkvi:—mirk, darkness, a dense, thick fog; myrkva ok regn, Sks. 135, Hkr. i. 268; í slíkum myrkva, Glúm. 368; leggr á svá mikinn mjorkva, at …, Al. 139; reykr eða mjorkvi, Sks. 48 new Ed.; þá var á mjorkvi mikill, Fms. ix. 39; þá görði myrkva mikinn sælægjan, vi. 261, viii. 178 (Fb. myrkvi l. c.); var veðr vátt ok mjrkva flaug nokkur, wet and hazy weather, Ó. H. 182; mœrkva-þoka, a ‘mirk-fog,’ hazy weather, Barl. 123, 172; þoku-myrkvi, id., Fms. ii. 141.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚱᚴᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)