Sjúkr
Old Norse Dictionary - sjúkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sjúkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sjúkr can mean:sjúkr
- sjúkr
- sjúk, sjúkt, adj. [Ulf. siuks = ἀσθενής; A. S. seôc; Engl. sick; O. H. G. siuh; Dan. syg; cp. Lat. saucius; the Goth. has a strong root-verb, sjúkan, sauk, = ἀσθενειν; cp. sótt]:—sick; hann liggr sjúkr heima at búð, Nj. 80; siúkir ymissa sótta, 655 xiv. B. 2; sjúkum kálfi, Hm.; svá S. at hann væri náliga at bana kominn, FmS. xi. 101; Grettir var svá S. at hann mátti eigi á fætr standa, Grett. 153; keli-S., q. v.; fjör-S.; ú-sjúkr, not sick; líf-S., life-sick, Lex. Poët.
- sjúkr
- II. metaph. concerned; sjúkr um e-t, Stj. 422; hug-S., mind-sick, anxious.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚢᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)