Ykkarr
Old Norse Dictionary - ykkarr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ykkarr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word ykkarr can mean:ykkarr
- ykkarr
- dual, pron. possesS. contr. ykkrir, ykrar, ykrum, etc.; [Ulf. ïggqwar, i. e. ingkwar = ο υμων; A. S. incer; O. H. G. inchar]:—your; skilning ykkur biskups ok hans, FmS. i. 262; ferð ykkra, x. 202; skip ykkat, FaS. ii. 521; ykkur kváma, FS. 84; kunnigt er mér um hag ykkarn, Nj. 17.
- ykkarr
- 2. göri ek ekki þann mun ykkarn Magnúss konungs, at ek …, FmS. vi. 215; hvárngan ykkarn Hákonar jarls mun hann spara, he will spare neither of you, neither Hacon nor thee, xi. 113; hvártveggja ykkat, Nj. 71; liggi til sinnar handar mér hvárr ykkarr, each of you, one on each side, FmS. i. 9.
- ykkarr
- 3. in mod. usage, indecl. ykkar, and used instead of plural.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴᚴᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- contr.
- contracted.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pron.
- pronoun.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- decl.
- declined.
- indecl.
- indeclinable.
- l.
- line.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)