Nest-lok
Old Norse Dictionary - nest-lok
Meaning of Old Norse word "nest-lok"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nest-lok
- n. pl. the ‘bottom of the bag;’ in the adverb. phrase, at nestlokum, at last, finally, Bs. i. 417 (at nêst lokum Ed.); en at nestlokum sverði höggvinn, Blas. 51; mon ok Goð láta eldinn ganga yfir heiminn at nestlokonom, Hom. (St.); at nestlokum krossfestr, 656 B. 4; at n. vinnr Már á Þórði, Sturl. i. 10: with gen., at nestlokum málsins, 23, v. l.; at nestlokum æfinnar, Hom. (St.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᛋᛏ-ᛚᚢᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adverb.
- adverbially.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)