Veik-leikr
Old Norse Dictionary - veik-leikr
Meaning of Old Norse word "veik-leikr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- veik-leikr
- (spelt veyk-leikr, Fms. ii. 48), m. weakness, infirmity, Magn. 504, Barl. 196, freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᛁᚴ-ᛚᛁᛁᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)