Loka

Old Icelandic Dictionary - loka

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "loka" in English.

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

loka Old Icelandic word can mean:

loka
I)
loka
f. bolt of a door (hurðarloka); láta loku fyrir hurð, to bolt a door; spretta frá lokunni, láta loku frá hurð, to unbolt a door; margr seilist um hurð til lokunnar, many a man reaches far to get what is near at hand.
loka
II)
loka
(að), v. to lock, shut (l. hurðina).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᛅ

Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.

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