Nöktr

nöktr (nǫktr)

nöktr, adj. = nökkviðr; af þí, at þaubæði Adam ok hans húsfrú váru nökk-við þá, er hann (nl. eitrormrinn) sveikþau, þá óttast nú eitrormrinn jafnanok flýr nöktan mann, en ræðr á þann,sem klæddr er Stj. 3736; klæþa nøkþaHomil. 14213; klæð þú nöktan Hom.11026; hón var nökt (&vl nökvið) svá,at hón hafði engan hlut á sér Eb. 51(976); svá var hann nöktr, sem móðirbar hann (dvs. som han kom af sin ModersLiv) Klm. 5514; om Sværd: nökþan tókhón mæki ok niðja fjör varði Am. 47(49); greip móðir hennar nökt sverðÆf. 658; jvf Sig. 3, 4 under nökkviðr;om Træ: yfir keldunni sá hann apaldreinn standa með mörgum greinum okþó barklausan - -, ok er hann komaptr, sá hann orm einn, er skreið um-hverfis apaldrinn hinn nökta Heilag.I, 29924. 31.

Part of speech: adj

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, nöktr may be more accurately written as nǫktr.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᚯᚴᛏᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

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• Old Icelandic - Geir Zoëga's Dictionary