Vik

Meaning of Old Norse word "vik"

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

Old Norse word vik can mean:vik

vik

n. a stirring, moving; handar-vik, a hand-waving; við-vik, at-vik, an accident.

vik

II. [cp. vík], the corners in the hair above the temples (vik-óttr); munn-vik, the corners of the month.

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