Vökva

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vökva

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vökva" (or vǫkva) in Norwegian.

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

vökva (vǫkva): vökva, vekva, vaka, f. Væde, Vædske, Fug-tighed, lat. humor, = vökvi, vekvi; takaallir af vökunni ok af vatninu nœringStj. 1110; eigi gengr vatn á þat (skinn)né önnur vök(v)a Bær. 11910; af jarðar-innar ok hafsins vökum ok vætum Stj.183; vökva (vavkva) reyfisins merkirfrjóleik móður dróttins Stj. 39736; verðrhrýfi útan á skinni, er út brýtsk vœqvaok óhreinyndi frá iðrom Leif. 386;sumt féll á hellu ok þornaði, því atþat fékk enga veku Hom. 10217; þeirhafa eigi ástar veku sér í brjósti, erguðs sæði mætti þar rœtask Hom. 1037;kviðr tekr við veku sem sær við vötnomElucid. 6123; sú vaka er sez með mann-inum í eiginlig iðr eða æðar Heilag.II, 4576.

Part of speech: f

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚴᚠᛆ
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:

f.: Feminin.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

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