Rökkja

Old Norse Dictionary - rökkja

Meaning of Old Norse word "rökkja" (or rǫkkja) in English.

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

rökkja (rǫkkja)
pret. rak, an obsolete strong verb; [Engl. reach; Ivar Aasen rökkja; provinc. Swed. räkkja; Dan. række]:—to suffice, D. n. iv. 457, 564; meðan eigi rak lausa penninga til, i. 723. In mod. usage Icel. say, það hrökkr ekki til, confounding this word with hrökkva, which seems to be a different word.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
Engl.
English.
gl.
glossary.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
pret.
preterite.
provinc.
provincial.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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