Auka

Old Norse Dictionary - auka

Meaning of Old Norse word "auka" in English.

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

auka Old Norse word can mean:

auka: jók, jóku (mod. juku), aukit [Lat. augere; Gr. αυξειν; Ulf. aukan; A. S. eacan or ecan; Engl. to eche or eke; O. H. G. auhon]; pres. ind. eyk; subj. eyki or yki, mod. jyki. A weak form (aukar, aukaði, aukat) also occurs, esp. in Norse, and (as a Norwegianism) in Icel. writers, esp. after the year 1260, e. g. aukaðu, augebant, Barl. 138; aukaðist, augebatur, aukaði, augebat. Barl. 180, FmS. i. 140, 184, x. 21 (MSS. aukuðu or aukaði, and some even jóku), Róm. 234; subj. aukaðist, augeretur, FmS. vii. 158 in three Icel. vellum MSS.; only one has ykist, the strong genuine form. pres. aukar, auget, and aukast, augetur, instead of eykr, eykst, Stj. 32: part. aukat (= aukit), O. H. l. 46; aukuð, aucta, FmS. x. 236. Even Snorri in the Edda has aukaðist, p. 3, both in the vellum MSS. Ob. and Kb.,—a form which is thoroughly unclassical; the poets use the strong form, and so Ari, who has jókk = jók ek, in the preface to Íb.;—so also the great bulk of the classical literature. Since the Reformation the strong form is the only one used either in speaking or writing.

auka: I. Lat. augere, to augment, increase, with acc., eykr hann þar ætt sína, FmS. iii. 82; jók Njáll ekki hjón sín, Nj. 59; hét hann þeim at auka virðing þeirra, Eg. 33; þessi orð jóku mjök sök Adams, SkS. 542; jók nafn hans, Hom. 51, Nj. 33; var þá síðan aukuð (= aukin) veizlan, FmS. x. 236: absol., þat hálft er eykr, that half which is over and above, JS. 75: in the phrase, aukanda ferr um e-t, a thing is increasing, Nj. 139.

auka: II. Lat. addere, to add to the whole of a thing; with the thing added in the dat., ok jókk (= jók ek) því es mér varð síðan kunnara, Íb. (pref.): imperS., jók miklu við, increased greatly, Ld. 54; þá eykst enn ellefu nóttum við, eleven nights are still added, Rb. 28: followed by ‘við,’ auka e-u við e-t, to add to it, Nj. 41; ‘til’ is rare and unclassical, and seems almost a Danism, as ‘föie til,’ þetta til aukist, Vm. 7: auka synd (dat.) á synd (acc.) ofan, to heap sin upon sin, Stj. 274: aukast orðum við, to come to words, speak, Eg. ch. 58, v. l. (rare); ef þú eykr orði, if tbou say’st a word more, Lex. Poët.

auka: β. with acc. (a rare and unclassical Latinism), auka ny vandræði (= nyjum vandræðum) á hin fornu, BS. i. 751.

auka: γ. imperS. in the phrase, aukar á, it increases, Róm. 234.

auka: III. to surpass, exceed; þat er eykr sex aura, þá á konungr hálft þat er eykr, if it exceeds six ounces, the king takes half the excess, N. G. l. i. 281, JS. § 71; en ármaðr taki þat er aukit er, what is over and above, N. G. l. i. 165. esp. used adverbially in the part. pass, aukit, aukin, more than, above, of numbers; aukin þrjú hundruð manna, three hundred men well told, Eg. 530, FmS. ix. 524, v. l.; með aukit hundrað manna, x. 184, Ld. 196; aukin hálf vætt, Grett. 141 new Ed.

auka: β. in the phrases, þat er (eigi) aukat (aukit), it is no exaggeration, Jd. verse 22, the Ed. in FmS. xi. 169 has ‘árla’ (a false reading); pat er aukat, O. H. l. 1. c.; orðum aukið, exaggerated, Thom. 73.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

Engl.: English.

esp.: especially.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

Gr.: Greek.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

L.: Linnæus.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

S.: Saga.

subj.: subjunctive.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

acc.: accusative.

ch.: chapter.

dat.: dative.

impers.: impersonal.

pers.: person.

pref.: preface.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Íb.: Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)

Kb.: Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)

Ob.: Orms-bók. (C. I.)

O. H. L.: Ólafs Saga Helga Legendaria. (E. I.)

Róm.: Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Hom.: Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)

Js.: Járnsíða. (B. III.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Esp.: Espólin Árbækr Íslands.

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Jd.: Jómsvíkinga-drápa. (A. III.)

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