Vættki

Old Norse Dictionary - vættki

Meaning of Old Norse word "vættki" in English.

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

vættki: spelt væt-ki, [vættr, and suffixed neg. -ki, qs. vættr-gi, see -gi], ‘no whit,’ nobody, nothing, naught; vegr er vætki tröðr, Hm. 120; en vættki huggar, naught comforts, Harms. 38; hinn er vætki veit, Hm. 74; hinn er vetki veit, 26; svá ek þóttumk vætki vita, methought I lay senseless, Sól. 42; vætki of sýti’k, I am naught concerned, Hallfred; sá er vætki laug, Ad. 11; telr sér vætkis vant, Hsm.; sá er vætki sparði fjör, who spared not life, Hallfred; vildir ávalt vægja, en vætki halda, Am. 99; hræðisk Guð en vætki annat, fears God, but naught else, Bs. i. (in a verse): dulði þess vætki, concealed it not, Am. 10; hafða ek þess v. vífs, I caught naught of her, missed her, Hm. 101.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

neg.: negative.

qs.: quasi.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)

Am.: Atla-mál. (A. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Hsm.: Hugsvinns-mál. (A. III.)

Sól.: Sólarljóð. (A. III.)

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