Barki

Old Norse Dictionary - barki

Meaning of Old Norse word "barki" in English.

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

barki Old Norse word can mean:

barki: 1. a, m. [Gr. φάρυγξ; alien from the South-Teut. idioms?], the windpipe, weazand. Eg. 508, Fas. i. 131, Fms. i. 217, vii. 191, Nj. 156: metaph. the stem of a boat; cp. háls, sviri.

barki: COMPDS: barkakýli, barkalok, barkaop.

barki: 2. a, m., mid. Lat. barca, a sort of small ship (for. word), Fms. vii. 82. barka-bazi, a, m., a cognom., Sturl.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Gr.: Greek.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

Teut.: Teutonic.

cognom.: cognomen.

for.: foreign.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

mid. Lat.: middle Latin.

nom.: nominative.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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