Harka

Old Norse Dictionary - harka

Meaning of Old Norse word "harka" in English.

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

harka Old Norse word can mean:

harka: 1. (qs. harðka), u, f. hardness, and metaph. hardiness, Fb. i. 521; freq. in mod. usage: also of a hard frost, mesta harka: the phrase, með hörku-munum, with utmost difficulty. hörku-veðr, n. hard frosty weather; vetrar-hörkur, winter frost.

harka: 2. að, to scrape together, with dat., Fms, viii. 73; munu þeir hafa harkat saman liði sínu, Mork. 90: impers., e-m harkar, things go ill with one, Finnb. 338, Fas. ii. 239; það harkar um e-t, id., Bjarn. 62.

harka: II. reflex. id., Fas. ii. 307: to make a tumult, Finnb. 224; Ljótr vaknaði ok spurði hverr harkaðist, Háv. 31 new Ed.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

qs.: quasi.

dat.: dative.

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

impers.: impersonal.

pers.: person.

reflex.: retlexive.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

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