Ykva

Old Norse Dictionary - ykva

Meaning of Old Norse word "ykva" in English.

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

ykva: [see víkja], to veer, = víkja, q. v.; þá mælti Halldórr til þess manns er stýrði, ‘lát ykva’ (yqua Cod.) segir hann … Halldórr mælti öðru sinni, ‘lát ykva,’ Mork. 48; þess get ek um þá Dani, at þeir ykvi þangat flotanum til … stöðvask nú flotinn, þurfti víða til at ykva at taka menn, 58; (víkja, Fms. vi. l. c.); þeir gátu ykvið á jarls-skipinu, Fms. viii. 386, v. l.; skútan renndi langt fram, ok var seint at ykva, Frissb. 323; ykvið ér hvel-vögnum, Akv. 28.

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

Abbreviations used:

Cod.: Codex.

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.: Atla-kviða. (A. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

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