Nökkurr

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

nökkurr Old Icelandic word can mean:

nökkurr

indef. pron.

nökkurr

1) any, anybody (fyrst vill hann spyrja, ef ~ er fróðr maðr inni); after a negative (á øngum bœ fannst ~ maðr);

nökkurr

2) opp. to engi, some (þeir fengu nöllira njósn af ferð Ástríðar); neut., nökkut, something, somewhat, anything (ef þér þykkir ~ veitt í lígjöf þinni); hann spurði, ef þar væri ~ manna, he asked if there were any men there; nökkurs til þungr, somewhat (rather) too heavy; svá nökkuru (nökkvi) about; svá nökkuru mun yðvar leita farit lengi, about so long will they seek you; nökkuru fyrir dag, a while before day-light;

nökkurr

3) some, a certain; maðr ~, a certain man; um dag nökkurn, a certain day; nökkura hríð, nökkurt (nakkvart) skeið, for some time;

nökkurr

4) the pl. added to a numeral, about, some (nökkur sex skip eða sjau; nökkurum tveim sinnum eða þrim).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚴᚴᚢᚱᚱ

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