Auka

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

auka Old Icelandic word can mean:

auka

I)

auka

(eyk, jók, jókum, aukinn), v.

auka

1) to augment, increase (~ virðing e-s; ~ ætt sína; ~ vandræði);

auka

to prolong (~ þing);

auka

~nda ferr am e-t, something goes on increasing;

auka

eigi er þat aukit (it is no exaggeration) þó at hann sé sagðr ríkastr maðr á Íslandi;

auka

orðum aukit, exaggerated;

auka

aukin (more than) þrjú hundruð manna;

auka

2) to add, with dat. (jók ek því es mér varð síðar kunnara);

auka

~ synd á synd ofan, to heap sin upon sin;

auka

~ e-u við, to add;

auka

~st orðum við, to come to words, to converse;

auka

with acc., ~ ný vandræði (= nýjum vandræðum) á hin fornu, to add new difficulties to old ones;

auka

impers., jók stórum hans harm, his grief increased greatly;

auka

3) to surpass, exceed;

auka

þat er eykr sex aura, þá á konungr hálft þat er eykr, if it exceeds six ounces, the king takes half the excess.

auka

II)

auka

(að), v. (a Norse form) = the preceding.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚴᛅ

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• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary