Jálkr
Old Norse Dictionary - jálkrMeaning of Old Norse word"jálkr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
jálkr Old Norse word can mean:
- jálkr
- m. [Norsejelk:Dan.vallak],a gelding; ef graðr hestr bítr jálk, Gþl. 392: inmod. usagea hackney,freq.
- jálkr
- II. apr. name of Odin, Gm.,Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription inYounger Futhark:ᛁᛅᛚᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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