Sörkvir
Old Norse Dictionary - sörkvir
Meaning of Old Norse word "sörkvir" (or sǫrkvir)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sörkvir (sǫrkvir)
- m., qs. Sverkir, m., [akin to svarkr, q. v.], a pr. name and a nickname, Landn., Fagrsk.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sörkvir may be more accurately written as sǫrkvir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᚱᚴᚢᛁᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)