Tóki
Old Norse Dictionary - tóki
Meaning of Old Norse word "tóki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- tóki
- a, m., prop. a simpleton (Swed. toket = silly, idiotic); hence a pr. name, freq. in old Dan., whence mod. Dan. Tyge, and Latinised Tycho (Tycho Brahe); the name is connected with the ancient tale of the master-archer Tóki (the Norse form of the Tell legend in Switzerland), told in Saxo and partly in the Icel. Jómsv. S. (Pálna-tóki), an Indo-Germanic legend.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- S.
- Saga.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Jómsv. S.
- Jómsvíkinga Saga. (E. I.)