Nökkvi

Old Norse Dictionary - nökkvi

Meaning of Old Norse word "nökkvi" (or nǫkkvi) in English.

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

nökkvi (nǫkkvi): a, m. [A. S. naca; O. H. G. nakko; Germ. nachen = biremis]:—a small boat rowed with a pair of sculls, a cock-boat, Edda 35 (the fishing-boat of Hymir the giant), 38 (of Balder’s ship); þeir sá mann einn róa frá hafi útan á einum nökkva, … hann kastaði árunum ok hvelfði nökkvanum undir sér, FmS. i. 180, 182 (cp. the verse 181), FaS. ii. 232, 233, 236 (of the giant’s boat); stein-nökkvi, a stained, painted boat (?), (not a stone boat), 231, Bárð. 3 new Ed.; hann sá at maðr reri útan ór Kaldár-ósi á járnnókkva, Landn. 78 (of an apparition): nökkva-maðr, m. a man wbo rows a nökkvi, a sculler, FmS. ii. 180.

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

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

Similar entries:

Nökkvi (I)

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

cp.: compare.

Germ.: German.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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