Lykkja
Old Norse Dictionary - lykkjaMeaning of Old Norse word "lykkja" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
lykkja Old Norse word can mean:
- lykkja
- u, f. [Dan. lökke; Ivar Aasen lykke; derived from lykja, lúka, but not from hlekkr]:—a lock, loop, coil; hann hafði lykkju ok dregr á hönd ser, Ísl. ii. 226; lykkjar í hornum, Korin. 86; þar til er lykkja varð á, a bend in a fence, Eg. 231, Fas. ii. 111 (of a flying dragon), Bær. 19: the loop or ring on which a bell hangs, Vm. 76: metaph., gera lykkju á leiðinni, to make a loop in one’s voyage, stop, Fms. v. 197: in knitting, taka upp lykkju, to pick up a loop; fella niðr lykkju, to drop a loop; whence lykkju-fall, n. the dropping a loop so as to leave a hole: lykkju-spor, n. pl. footprints in zig-zag, Jb. 424.
- lykkja
- II. an enclosed field (mod. Norse lykke or lokke), a villa, e. g. the Norse villas about Christiania,—eptir öystra stræti ok auster á lykkjur, n. G. l. ii. 241 (v. l.), D. n. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- mod.
- modern.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
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