Auki

Old Icelandic Dictionary - auki

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "auki" in English.

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

auki Old Icelandic word can mean:

auki: m.

auki: 1) addition, increase (~ fagnaðar, pínsla);

auki: verða at moldar auka, to become dust, to die;

auki: til auka, in addition, to boot;

auki: fœrast í alla auka (afls síns), to exert to the utmost one’s bodily strength;

auki: 2) seed, progeny, offspring (eigi gaft þú mér auka eðr afkvæmi);

auki: 3) produce of the earth;

auki: 4) interest of capital.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚴᛁ

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

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