Nökviðr

Old Norse Dictionary - nökviðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "nökviðr" (or nǫkviðr) in English.

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

nökviðr (nǫkviðr)
adj., thus in old vellums, or also contr. nökðan; spelt with ey, neyqþan, Am. (Bugge); the true form is a single k, cp. mod. nakinn, not nakkinn, yet neycquiþr in Hm. 49, and necquiþ in Skv. l. c. (Bugge): contr. forms, nekðir (n., pl. m.), Eluc. 26, MS. 625. 66; nökðir, Eluc. 46; neykðra, SkS. l. c.: mod. nakinn, nakin, nakið, gen. nakins, but pl. naktir: [Ulf. naqaþs = γυμνός; A. S. nacod; Engl. naked; O. H. G. nachat; Germ. nackt; Dan. nögen; Lat. nudus, qs. nugdus]:—naked; lík skal eigi nökkvið niðr grafa, K. Þ. K. 24; vit nökvið hjún, SkS. 504 B; vera nökvið, Stj. 36; at þau sá sik nekvið, Eluc. 27, Maríu S. Egypt, passim; nökðra lima, SkS. 536 B; þegja (thus, as required both by sense and alliteration, not segja) skal þurs ef hann sitr nökviðr við eld, a saying, cp. ‘not to speak of a rope in a hanged man’s house,’ Ísl. ii. 317; neiss er nökviðr halr (a saying, see neiss), Hm.; hón var nökvið, Eb. 97, v. l. 2 new Ed., but nökt in the text; þeir létu þá síga nökða í vök, 623. 33; klæddir eða nökðír, Eluc. 46:—metaph. of a sword, nökvið sverð, naked swords, Skv. 3. 4; nökðan mæki, Am. 47; nökð sverð, FmS. v. 233.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
contr.
contracted.
cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
Lat.
Latin.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pl.
plural.
qs.
quasi.
S.
Saga.
s. v.
sub voce.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
v.
vide.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Am.
Atla-mál. (A. II.)
Eb.
Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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