Spell-virki
Old Norse Dictionary - spell-virki
Meaning of Old Norse word "spell-virki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spell-virki can mean:spell-virki
- spell-virki
- 1. n. mischief-working, damage; verða sekr (fjörbaugs maðr) um s., Grág. i. 88, 129, Gþl. 241; göra spjallvirki eða rán búum, Grág.; höggva bú eðr taka aðra vist en göra eigi annat spellvirki, id.; göra skaða ok spjöllvirki, Eg. 196; nú höggr maðr í borð skipi manns framan eðr aptan, þat er s., n. G. l. i. 46.
- spell-virki
- 2. a, m. (-virkjar), a mischief-worker, highwayman, Nj. 183, Fms. ii. 83; hugðu þeir at spellvirkjar mundu vera, i. 226, Fs. 6; björn gengr um eyna ok er sá inn mesti s., Eg. 375; spellvirkja bæli, a robber’s den, Fms. ii. 81, Matth. xxi. 13.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᛚᛚ-ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)