Smakka
Old Norse Dictionary - smakka
Meaning of Old Norse word "smakka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- smakka
- að, [A. S. smæcigan; Dan. smage; Germ. ge-schmack; Engl. smack]:—to taste; the word is mod., for in SkS. 163 it is only in the late vellums; the old B l. c. has þefjat; but it is freq. since the Reformation, PasS. 33. 1, 3, 43. 1, Vídal. passim; see smekkr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛘᛅᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.