Ok

Old Icelandic Dictionary - ok

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "ok" in English.

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

ok Old Icelandic word can mean:

ok
I)
ok
conj.
ok
1) and; bæði … ok, both … and (bæði er hann vitr ok framgjarn);
ok
2) in comparison, as, and; sami maðr ok áðr, the same man as before; nú fór Svíum allt á eina leið ok Dönum, it went with the Swedes in the same way as with the Danes; þat er mjök sundrleitt (úlíkt) ok kristnir menn gøra, it differs much from what Christians do;
ok
3) of an adversative character, and yet, but (hann var særðr mörgum sárum ok engum stórum);
ok
4) introducing the apodosis, then = þá; esp. in the old laws; ef sá maðr (etc.) …, ok verðr hann útlagr, then he shall pay;
ok
5) used for the relative particle ‘er’; at höllu hann kom ok átti Íms faðir, which belonged to Im’s father; Geirröðr konungr átti þá son, ok hét Agnarr, who was called A.;
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6) also (hann heyrir ok þat, er gras vex á jörðu).
ok
II)
ok
n. yoke; domination.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚴ

Abbreviations used:

conj.
conjunction.
esp.
especially.
etc.
et cetera.
n.
neuter.
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