Þokka

Old Norse Dictionary - þokka

Meaning of Old Norse word "þokka" in English.

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

þokka Old Norse word can mean:

þokka: að, [akin to þekkja, þykkja, qq. v.], to be so and so disposed, to think of, like; ýmsa vega þokka menn þat, sumir segja at …, men think variously of it, some say …, Fms. i. 59; sé ek þat at konungr þokkar ekki mitt mál, he likes it not, vi. 243.

þokka: 2. hvárra liðsmenn þokkuðu með símnn höfðingja, sided with, took his part, Fms. vi. 220; þokkar húskarlinn heldr með Birni, en Þorkell með Þórði, Bjarn. 42.

þokka: II. reflex., e-m þokkask, to be liked; hann kemr sér í tal ok kunnleika við menn, ok þokkaðisk hann vel, he was well liked, Orkn. 262; biskup várr hefir oss því heitið, at vér skolum þá kennimenn hafa sem oss þokkask, þat er forn réttr, who are liked by us, whom we like, n. G. L. i. 416; vel þokkaðr af e-m, Fms. vii. 299; ílla þokkaðr, ill-liked; þær krásir verða svá hverjum þokkaðar sem hugr hans beiðir, 656 A. ii. 12.

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

Abbreviations used:

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

L.: Linnæus.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Bjarn.: Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

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