Nökkvi
Old Norse Dictionary - nökkvi
Meaning of Old Norse word "nökkvi" (or nǫkkvi)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nökkvi (nǫkkvi)
- a, m. [A. S. naca; O. H. G. nakko; Germ. nachen = biremis]:—a small boat rowed with a pair of sculls, a cock-boat, Edda 35 (the fishing-boat of Hymir the giant), 38 (of Balder’s ship); þeir sá mann einn róa frá hafi útan á einum nökkva, … hann kastaði árunum ok hvelfði nökkvanum undir sér, FmS. i. 180, 182 (cp. the verse 181), FaS. ii. 232, 233, 236 (of the giant’s boat); stein-nökkvi, a stained, painted boat (?), (not a stone boat), 231, Bárð. 3 new Ed.; hann sá at maðr reri útan ór Kaldár-ósi á járnnókkva, Landn. 78 (of an apparition): nökkva-maðr, m. a man wbo rows a nökkvi, a sculler, FmS. ii. 180.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, nökkvi may be more accurately written as nǫkkvi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚴᚴᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)