Strokkr
Old Norse Dictionary - strokkr
Meaning of Old Norse word "strokkr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- strokkr
- m. a churn (the hand-churn with an upright shaft which is worked up and down), Vm. 177; hence the name of the famous hot spring in Icel., the name being taken from the churn-like perpendicular column of water. strokk-hljóð, n. the sound of churning.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᚢᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)