Lykkja

Old Norse Dictionary - lykkja

Meaning 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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