Lúka

Old Icelandic Dictionary - lúka

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "lúka" in English.

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

lúka Old Icelandic word can mean:

lúka
(lýk; lauk, lukum; lokinn), v.
lúka
1) to shut (= ~ aptr);
lúka
2) to end, bring to an end, finish, conclude, with dat. (hann lauk rœðu sinni);
lúka
þá er menn höfðu lokit lögskilum at mæla, when they had finished their pleading;
lúka
3) to pay, ~ e-m e-t (svá mikit fé, sem vér eigum konunginum at ~);
lúka
4) impers., lýkr e-u, it is at an end;
lúka
lýkr þar nú sögunni, here the story ends;
lúka
eptir þat var lokit þinginu, after that the Thing was broken up;
lúka
var þess ván, at illa mundi illum ~, that it would end badly with a bad man;
lúka
þá var lokit öllum vistum nema hval, all stores were exhausted, except whale;
lúka
absol., svá lauk at lyktum, finally it ended so that;
lúka
lýkr svá, at þeir kaupa þessu, it ended so that they struck the bargain;
lúka
áðr en lýkr, áðr lýkr, before the end comes (nærr munum við gangast áðr lýkr);
lúka
um þat er lýkr, finally, in the end;
lúka
5) with preps.:
lúka
~ aptr, to shut, with acc. or dat. (~ aptr hurðina or hurðinni);
lúka
~ e-u í sundr, to open (lúk heill munni í sundr);
lúka
impers., er í sundr lauk firðinum, when the fjord opened;
lúka
~ upp, to open, with dat. or acc. (~ upp hurðinni or hurðina);
lúka
~ upp augum, to open the eyes;
lúka
to declare, make known (en er jarl hafði því upp lokit, at hann mundi fylgja þeim);
lúka
~ uppgørð, to deliver a judgement (of an umpire);
lúka
impers., lýkr e-u upp, it opens;
lúka
~ vel (illa) við e-n, to behave well (ill), deal fairly (unfairly) with a person (Bolli fekk Sigríði gjaforð göfugt ok lauk vel við hana);
lúka
~ við, to end (má vera, at svá lúki við, at þér þykki alkeypt);
lúka
~ yfir, impers., to come to an end, to a final issue (skal nú yfir ~ með oss);
lúka
6) refl., ~st, to be shut (ok þegar laukst hurðin á hæla honum);
lúka
to come to an end, to end (hér lýkst sjá bók);
lúka
~st upp, to open (fjallit laukst upp norðan).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
e-t
eitthvat.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.
impers.
impersonal.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
acc.
accusative.

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