Harka
Old Icelandic Dictionary - harkaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "harka" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
harka Old Icelandic word can mean:
- harka
- I)
- harka
- f. hardness, hardiness.
- harka
- II)
- harka
- (að), v.
- harka
- 1) to scrape together (~ e-u saman);
- harka
- 2) e-m ~r, ~r fyrir e-m, things go ill with one; ~r um e-t, it goes badly; ~st um, to be in a bad way;
- harka
- 3) refl., ~st, to make a tumult.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚱᚴᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- e-u
- einhverju.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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