Spik
Old Norse Dictionary - spik
Meaning of Old Norse word "spik"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word spik can mean:spik
- spik
- n. [A. S. spic; called by the English whale-fishers speck]:—blubber, the fat of seals, whales; sel-spik, hval-spik, finnanda-spik, n. G. L. i. 252; spik ok rengi, Grág. ii. 362, Ám. 32.
- spik
- COMPDS: spikfeitr, spikhvalr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᛁᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ám.
- Auðunnar-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)