Vakr
Old Norse Dictionary - vakrMeaning of Old Norse word "vakr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vakr Old Norse word can mean:
- vakr
- 1. adj. vökr, vakrt, the r being radical; [Dan. vakker; Swed. vacker = handsome; Germ. wacker]:—wakeful, watchful, alert; ven þú þik æ sem vakrastan, Sks. 24; vakrir gegn allri freistni, Hom. 58; vakr í bænahaldi, Barl. 156; veri þér vakrir (vakkrir Cod.) ok minnisk kenninga þeirra, er …, 655 xiv. B. 2; vakrir í Guðs hræzlu, Greg. 35; inn vakri freistari, Stj. 144; ár-vakr, q. v.
- vakr
- 2. alert, nimble; báðu menn vera vakra ok skjóta, Ó. H. 215; hann var hverjum manni kátari ok léttari ok vakrari, Fms. x. 152.
- vakr
- II. in mod. usage, vakr is used of an ambling palfrey, a horse which moves the legs on each side together (like a camel), such horses being much valued in Icel.; Hér er fækkað hófa ljóni, heiminn kvaddi vakri Skjóni, a ditty by Jón Þorl.; ríða vökrum hesti, opp. to harð-gengr; bráð-vakr, skeið-vakr, fleygi-vakr, all epithets of such a horse; cp. vekrð.
- vakr
- 2. m. a kind of hawk, Edda (Gl.), Róm. 383.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Cod.
- Codex.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Germ.
- German.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- mod.
- modern.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Jón Þorl.
- Jón Þorláksson.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
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