Sökkva
Old Norse Dictionary - sökkva
Meaning of Old Norse word "sökkva" (or sǫkkva)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sökkva can mean:sökkva
- sökkva (sǫkkva)
- ð and t, a causal to the preceding, [Ulf. saggqian; Dan. sænke]:—to make to sink, sink, with dat., Fms. vi. 286, Blas. 48; ok sökðu þar niðr kistunni, Ó. H. 226; brutu á raufar ok söktu niðr, Eg. 125, (cp. Dan. bore i sænk); bar ek á sæ út ok sökða með grjóti, 656 B. 1; sökkva í fötu (dat.), to sink a pail into the well or brook, for fetching water; gékk Gunnlaugr til lækjar ok sökti í hjálminum, Ísl. ii. 269, v. l.; Egill tók hjálminn ok sökkvir (sökkr Ed.) niðr í kjölinn, ok drakk þrjá drykki mikla, Fms. xi. 233.
- sökkva (sǫkkva)
- II. reflex. to sink oneself; nú mun hón sökvask (seycquaz Ed.), Vsp. fine; sökstú (imperat. seycstu Ed.) nú gýgjar kyn, Helr. 14; hann sökðisk í hafit, Edda (pref.) i. 226; hann skaut, kom á hvalinn, ok sökðisk, Korm. 164; svá sem vagn snýsk á himni ok sökkvisk (söksk Ed.) eigi, Magn. 470, cp. Od. v. 275.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sökkva may be more accurately written as sǫkkva.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚴᚴᚢᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- imperat.
- imperative.
- m.
- masculine.
- pref.
- preface.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Helr.
- Helreið Brynhildar. (A. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)