Myrkvi

Old Norse Dictionary - myrkvi

Meaning of Old Norse word "myrkvi" in English.

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

myrkvi: a, m., older form mjorkvi or mjörkvi:—mirk, darkness, a dense, thick fog; myrkva ok regn, Sks. 135, Hkr. i. 268; í slíkum myrkva, Glúm. 368; leggr á svá mikinn mjorkva, at …, Al. 139; reykr eða mjorkvi, Sks. 48 new Ed.; þá var á mjorkvi mikill, Fms. ix. 39; þá görði myrkva mikinn sælægjan, vi. 261, viii. 178 (Fb. myrkvi l. c.); var veðr vátt ok mjrkva flaug nokkur, wet and hazy weather, Ó. H. 182; mœrkva-þoka, a ‘mirk-fog,’ hazy weather, Barl. 123, 172; þoku-myrkvi, id., Fms. ii. 141.

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

Abbreviations used:

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

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Barl.: Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sks.: Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)

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