Verki

Old Norse Dictionary - verki

Meaning of Old Norse word "verki"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

verki
a, m. a work, esp. composition, verse-making; fornskálda verka, Edda i. 612; smá hana með úfögrum verka, with a libel, Fms. ii. 248; enda varðar þeim er nemr þann verka, Grág. ii. 148; greypan verka, Fas. ii. (in a verse); Þorkell bað hann hætta verkanum, Fb. i. 500.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚱᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

esp.
especially.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
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