Rökr

Old Norse Dictionary - rökr

Meaning of Old Norse word "rökr" (or rǫkr) in English.

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

rökr Old Norse word can mean:

rökr (rǫkr)
n., sounded rökkr (reykkr, Fms. iv. 70) with a double k; rokkr, Fb. i. 538; røckr, Ó. H. 28; in Edda the Ób. gives kk, the Kb. k, which is the better form, see Edda i. 186, foot-note 3: see also rökvit:—the twilight; rökr rökra, Hdl. 1; en við rökkr kom þar Þorfinnr Önundarson, Sturl. i. 156; um rökkr (røckr Cod.) eða um nætr, Ó. H. 28; þau tóku fæðslu bæði saman við rökr, Greg. 65: seldom of the morning twilight, as rennr dagr rökkrið þrýtr, Úlf. 9. 83: the twilight is in Icel. the time set apart for song and story-telling, as in the ditty, Árni Böðvarsson til sanns sýngr ljóð í rökrum | bezta skáld um bygðir lands, búandi á Ökrum.
rökr (rǫkr)
2. the mythol. phrase, ragna rökr, the twilight of the gods, which occurs in the prose Edda (by Snorri), and has since been received into modern works, is no doubt merely a corruption from rök (q. v.), a word quite different from rökr; the corruption may have originated from Ls. 39—úlfgi hefir ok vel er í böndum skal bíða ragna rökrs, which resembles, Hjaðningar skolu svá bíða ragna rökrs, Edda i. 436: ragna-rökr is the form used throughout in the Edda, allt til ragna rökrs, 98; þar liggr hann til ragna rökrs, 114; hver tíðendi eru at segja frá um ragna rökr, 186; en þát er þeir göra langa frásögn of ragna rökr, þat er Trojumanna-orrosta, Edda (pref.); en við ragna rökr kom Miðgarðsormr, id.; frá fimbul-vetri ok ragna rökkrum, Edda (Ub.) ii. 290: the word occurs nowhere else in old writers.

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

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

Abbreviations used:

Cod.
Codex.
f.
feminine.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
mythol.
mythology, mythologically.
pref.
preface.
q. v.
quod vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hdl.
Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
Kb.
Konungs-bók. (B. I, C. I, etc.)
Ób.
Ómaga-bálkr. (B. I.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Úlf.
Úlfars-rímur.
Ls.
Loka-senna. (A. I.)
Ub.
Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)
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