Ekkill
Old Norse Dictionary - ekkillMeaning of Old Norse word "ekkill" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
ekkill Old Norse word can mean:
- ekkill
- m. a widower, akin to the preceding; freq. in mod. use; that no reference from an old writer is on record seems to be a mere accident.
- ekkill
- II. poët. name of a sea-king, Edda (Gl.): botan., Ekkilsjurt, Achillaea l., Bb. 3. 75.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚴᚴᛁᛚᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- botan.
- botanically.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bb.
- Búnaðar-bálkr.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)