Viki-vaki

Old Norse Dictionary - viki-vaki

Meaning of Old Norse word "viki-vaki" in English.

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

viki-vaki
a, m. [this word, which hardly occurs in old writers, seems in the 15th century to have been adopted]:—a weekly wake, popular festival meetings and entertainments on Sunday evenings, with song and dance; förum vér til vikivaka | værðir þar og hvíld að taka, Eggert; songs and ballads sung at such weekly wakes were called either vikivaka-kvæði or forn-kvæði, q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
q. v.
quod vide.
v.
vide.

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