Þukla
Old Norse Dictionary - þukla
Meaning of Old Norse word "þukla"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- þukla
- að, [cp. þjökka; the -la may be an inflex. dimin.]:—to grope for, feel, touch, like a blind man; hann fór höndum um kverkr sveininum ok þuklaði sullinum (of a king’s touch), Ó. H. 196; hann þuklaði á saxi ok vildi þá leggja á Bjarna, Þorst. St. 55; þuklar (þucklar) bróðir járnteininum at eldinum sem hógligast, Mar. 1056; var svá til þuklat (it was handled so) at hvárir-tveggju undu vel við, Fs. 76.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚴᛚᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- dimin.
- diminutive.
- inflex.
- inflexive.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)