Saka
Old Norse Dictionary - saka
Meaning of Old Norse word "saka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word saka can mean:saka
- saka
- að, [sök; Ulf. sakan = μάχεσθαι, ἐπιτιμαν, ga-sakan = ἐλέγχειν, A. S. sacan; cp. sókn, sækja, sekr]:—prop. ‘to fight,’ which remains in Hom. 30.
- saka
- 2. to blame, find fault with; saka sik um e-t, to blame oneself for a thing, Nj. 20, FmS. xi. 2; sakask um e-t, to blame one another, Fb. ii. 25, Al. 81; Þorvaldr lét ekki tjóa at sakask um verkit, Glúm. 374; cp. the saying, tjáir ekki að sakast um orðinn hlut, no use to cry over spilt milk; sakask við e-n, to throw the blame on, to scold, Mart. 121; sakask sáryrðum, to come to words, LS. 5.
- saka
- 3. part. sakaðr, charged, accused, Gþl. 548: in the phrase, sakaðr ok sifjaðr, foe and friend, 14, 67, 547: convicted, guilty, FmS. ix. 427.
- saka
- II. to hurt, harm, scathe; þér skal ekki saka, Nj. 53; jarl kvað þat ekki saka mundu, Orkn. 408: imperS., sakaði hann (acc.) ekki, FmS. i. 104; Skúta sakaði ekki, Rd. 295: sakaðr, hurt, wounded, Sturl. iii. 267; var ekki borð sakat (damaged) í skipi þeirra, Ld. 76; mun ek göra ráð fyrir svá at ekki saki til, FmS. i. 189; Ólafr kvað ekki til mundu saka, Ld. 76.
- saka
- 2. recipr., eigi hygg ek okkr myni úlfa dæmi, at vér skylim sjálfir um sakask, that we should destroy one another like wolves, Hom. 30.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- l.
- line.
- part.
- participle.
- acc.
- accusative.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- n.
- neuter.
- pers.
- person.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- recipr.
- reciprocally.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)
- Mart.
- Martinus Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)