Nökviðr
Old Norse Dictionary - nökviðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "nökviðr" (or nǫkviðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nökviðr (nǫkviðr)
- adj., thus in old vellums, or also contr. nökðan; spelt with ey, neyqþan, Am. (Bugge); the true form is a single k, cp. mod. nakinn, not nakkinn, yet neycquiþr in Hm. 49, and necquiþ in Skv. l. c. (Bugge): contr. forms, nekðir (n., pl. m.), Eluc. 26, MS. 625. 66; nökðir, Eluc. 46; neykðra, SkS. l. c.: mod. nakinn, nakin, nakið, gen. nakins, but pl. naktir: [Ulf. naqaþs = γυμνός; A. S. nacod; Engl. naked; O. H. G. nachat; Germ. nackt; Dan. nögen; Lat. nudus, qs. nugdus]:—naked; lík skal eigi nökkvið niðr grafa, K. Þ. K. 24; vit nökvið hjún, SkS. 504 B; vera nökvið, Stj. 36; at þau sá sik nekvið, Eluc. 27, Maríu S. Egypt, passim; nökðra lima, SkS. 536 B; þegja (thus, as required both by sense and alliteration, not segja) skal þurs ef hann sitr nökviðr við eld, a saying, cp. ‘not to speak of a rope in a hanged man’s house,’ Ísl. ii. 317; neiss er nökviðr halr (a saying, see neiss), Hm.; hón var nökvið, Eb. 97, v. l. 2 new Ed., but nökt in the text; þeir létu þá síga nökða í vök, 623. 33; klæddir eða nökðír, Eluc. 46:—metaph. of a sword, nökvið sverð, naked swords, Skv. 3. 4; nökðan mæki, Am. 47; nökð sverð, FmS. v. 233.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, nökviðr may be more accurately written as nǫkviðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚴᚢᛁᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- contr.
- contracted.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- qs.
- quasi.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)