Verka
Old Norse Dictionary - verka
Meaning of Old Norse word "verka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word verka can mean:verka
- verka
- að, to work, esp. as a law term; verka til e-s, to work towards, deserve, Hom. 89, 117; þess manns er áðr hefir til úhelgi sér verkat, to make oneself by one’s deeds, Grág. ii. 10, Orkn. 216; til þessa hefir þú þér verkat, Bs. i. 452.
- verka
- 2. verka fisk, to dress fish, i. e. split it up, dry and prepare it, a fisherman’s term, and hence to cleanse a thing. II. reflex., verkask til e-s, H. E. i. 238.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- i. e.
- id est.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)