Speki
Old Norse Dictionary - speki
Meaning of Old Norse word "speki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word speki can mean:speki
- speki
- f. [spakr], wisdom (= Gr. σοφία, Lat. sapientia); sú speki er hann sagði fyrir ú-vorðna hluti, Fms. i. 146; eilíf speki, Ann. 1848. 372; speki ok vísdómr, … af speki Salomonis, Stj. 560; speki-meistari = spekingr, id.; get-speki. heim-s., q. v.
- speki
- COMPDS: spekiandi, spekimaðr, spekimál, spekiráð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- Lat.
- Latin.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)