Sekkr
Old Norse Dictionary - sekkrMeaning of Old Norse word "sekkr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
sekkr Old Norse word can mean:
- sekkr
- m., gen. sekkjar, Stj. 214; pl. sekkar; but mod. sekkir, also Stj. 214, Nj. 134, l. 2 from bottom: [a word common to all Indo-Germanic languages]:—a sack, bag; s. er ílát, Skálda 168; þeir höfðu með sér sekka, Blas. 45; but acc. sekki, Stj. 217; í sekkunum, 215; sekkjar munnr, 214; þeir báru milli sín sekk, Ó. H. 135; sekkr manns heitir byrðr þær er einn fetill er í, n. G. l. i. 349.
- sekkr
- 2. a package, trunk, in a merchant ship; gefa alin af sekk hverjum, Sturl. i. 222; þeir tóku sekka nokkura ór búlkanum … fóru nú aðrir sekkar á hann ofan þeir er léttari vóru … sekkir tveir lágu þar hjá búlkanum, Nj. 134: hence sekkja-gjald, n. a ‘trunk-tax,’ a tax payable to the king of Norway by Icel. ships; this tax is first mentioned in deeds of the 14th century, n. G. l. iii. 180, 215–218 (deeds of 1360 and 1383), D. n. ii. 514.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛁᚴᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Works & Authors cited:
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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