Vik

Old Norse Dictionary - vik

Meaning of Old Norse word "vik" in English.

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

vik Old Norse word can mean:

vik
n. a stirring, moving; handar-vik, a hand-waving; við-vik, at-vik, an accident.
vik
II. [cp. vík], the corners in the hair above the temples (vik-óttr); munn-vik, the corners of the month.

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

Abbreviations used:

n.
neuter.
cp.
compare.

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