Lukka

Old Norse Dictionary - lukka

Meaning of Old Norse word "lukka" in English.

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

lukka Old Norse word can mean:

lukka: u, f. [a for. word, from Germ. gluck, but occurs in writers of the 14th century, e. g. Bárð. S., or even earlier], luck; þótti Þórðr mikla lukku á hafa haft, Bárð. 36; eigi mun þér silfr-fátt verða til lukkunnar, Finnb. 254 (from Arna-Magn. 132 fol.), Skíða R. 50, 53, 57: freq. in mod. usage, ó-lukka, ill luck, FmS. v. 255.

lukka: COMPDS: lukkuligr, lukkumaðR.

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

Abbreviations used:

e. g.: exempli gratia.

f.: feminine.

for.: foreign.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Germ.: German.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

R.: Rimur.

S.: Saga.

s. v.: sub voce.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Arna-Magn.: Arna-Magnacanus.

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

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

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Magn.: Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)

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