Síkr

Old Norse Dictionary - síkr

Meaning of Old Norse word "síkr" in English.

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

síkr
m. [Ivar Aasen sik; Swed. sik, små-sik]:—corregonus lavaretus, a kind of salmon, Edda (GL), Lex. Poët.; hence sík-tól, plur. from tál, in the verse in Kristni S., = the ‘sík-treachcry’ = the bait; halda sík-tólum í boðnar smiðju = to take the bait into the mouth, cp. gína flugu in the next verse.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
m.
masculine.
plur.
plural.
S.
Saga.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Kristni S.
Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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