Mökkr

Old Norse Dictionary - mökkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "mökkr" (or mǫkkr) in English.

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

mökkr (mǫkkr)
m., dat. mekki, [akin to makki?], a dense cloud; upp setr mökk inn mykla, Skálda (in a verse), Fb. i. 212 (the verse), freq. in mod. usage; og hrynja lætr hvarmskúrar haglið úr mekki blám, of a cloud on a mountain top, Bjarni 58; þoku-m., ský-m., gufu-m., a cloud of fog, vapour.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, mökkr may be more accurately written as mǫkkr.

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

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Bjarni
Bjarni Thorarinson.
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
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