Vanka
Old Norse Dictionary - vanka
Meaning of Old Norse word "vanka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vanka can mean:vanka
- vanka
- að, (qs. vakka or vafka?), to rove, stroll about as if disturbed in mind: part. vankaðr, of a sheep with the turning disease; also in scorn of a person, þú ert vankaðr.
- vanka
- II. [A. S. wincian; Engl. wink], to wink; kómu þar inn menn ok vönkuðu til Sveins konungs, FmS. xi. 366, v. l.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- part.
- participle.
- qs.
- quasi.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)