Vættki
Old Norse Dictionary - vættki
Meaning of Old Norse word "vættki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vættki
- spelt væt-ki, [vættr, and suffixed neg. -ki, qs. vættr-gi, see -gi], ‘no whit,’ nobody, nothing, naught; vegr er vætki tröðr, Hm. 120; en vættki huggar, naught comforts, Harms. 38; hinn er vætki veit, Hm. 74; hinn er vetki veit, 26; svá ek þóttumk vætki vita, methought I lay senseless, Sól. 42; vætki of sýti’k, I am naught concerned, Hallfred; sá er vætki laug, Ad. 11; telr sér vætkis vant, Hsm.; sá er vætki sparði fjör, who spared not life, Hallfred; vildir ávalt vægja, en vætki halda, Am. 99; hræðisk Guð en vætki annat, fears God, but naught else, Bs. i. (in a verse): dulði þess vætki, concealed it not, Am. 10; hafða ek þess v. vífs, I caught naught of her, missed her, Hm. 101.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᛏᛏᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- neg.
- negative.
- qs.
- quasi.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Hsm.
- Hugsvinns-mál. (A. III.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)