Píka

Old Norse Dictionary - píka

Meaning of Old Norse word "píka" in English.

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

píka: u, f. [Dan. pige; Swed. piga], a girl, lass, virgin; a for. word, of which the origin is uncertain, for it occurs for the first time in Norway about the end of the 14th century, and in Icel. in the 15th; píkan Margreta, the spinster M., D. n. iii. 420 (in a deed of 1378); unga píku, Skáld H. 5. 31; sveinninn nefndist Herrauðr, en píkan Herríðr, Fas. ii. 447 (a romance and ballad of the 15th century); píku-brot, Stef. Ól. (Snót 184); píku-skrækr, Snót 136. In Icel. the word is rare and rather low; it can hardly be used of a gentlewoman.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

f.: feminine.

for.: foreign.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

Swed.: Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Skáld H.: Skáld Helga-rímur. (A. III.)

Snót: Snót, poems.

Stef. Ól.: Stefán Ólafsson.

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