Vænkask
Old Norse Dictionary - vænkask
Meaning of Old Norse word "vænkask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vænkask
- að, to bid fair, look well, take a good turn; þykkir þeim vænkask um sinn hag. Fas. iii. 174; þykkir honum vænkask umb, Fms. xi. 135; ok vænkask nú mjök, Fs. 25; þótti mér nú ekki v. um, Pr. 412.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾᚴᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)