Sökkva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - sökkva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "sökkva" (or sǫkkva) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

sökkva (sǫkkva): sökkva, v. (kt) sænke, nedsænke, med Dat.;hann lézt skyldu taka upp Valhöll okfœra í Jötunheima en sökkva ÁsgarðiSE. I, 27021; hversu má Kristr þínnleysa þik, ef ek læt þér sökkva í djúptvatn Heilag. I, 26627; baglar höfðu söktnökkorum skipum fyrir bryggjum Fm.VIII, 31622; sökkvit honum niðr, sváat hann komi aldri aptr Bev. 21425;reru þeir menn út á fjörð ok söktuþar niðr kistunni OH. 2268 (Flat. II,3697); báru þar í (nl. Skibet) grjót okbrutu þar á raufar ok söktu niðr Eg.27 (5430); Egill - tók hjalminn afhöfði sér ok sökk(vi)r niðr í kjölinn okdrekkr þrjá drykki mikla Fm. XI, 23327jvf Gunl. 12 (269 &vl 7); sökkvast,v. r. gaa ned i Dybet, til Bunds: ormr-inn söktist í sæinn SE. I, 17016 jvfHelr. 14; kom upp hjá skipinu hross-hvalr; K. skaut til hans pálstaf, ok komá hvalinn ok söktist Korm. 16413; svásem Vagn snýst á himni en sök(kvi)steigi Icel. sag. I, 25417.

Part of speech: v

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᛋᚯᚴᚴᚠᛆ
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.

Abbreviations used:

Dat.: Dativ.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

v.: Verbum.

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