Nikuðr
Old Norse Dictionary - nikuðrMeaning of Old Norse word "nikuðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nikuðr
- Nikuðs, Nikarr, m. one of the names of Ódin, Gm., Edda (Gl.); but, as suggested by Finn Magnusson in Lex. Mythol. s. v., it no doubt was originally the name of Neptune or a water-goblin, cp. Nykr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚴᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Mythol.
- Lexicon Mythologicum.