Þoka
Old Icelandic Dictionary - þokaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "þoka" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
þoka Old Icelandic word can mean:
- þoka
- I)
- þoka
- f. fog; mist (væta mikil ok ~).
- þoka
- II)
- þoka
- (að), v.
- þoka
- 1) to move, with dat. (Hrútr þokaði nú bústað sínum);
- þoka
- 2) to move oneself, move, = þokast ~ at e-m, to go near to, approach; fram þoki herr, let the men move forwards; þú skalt ~ fyrir konu þessi, thou shall give place to this woman; ~ undan e-m, to give way, yield to one; þokar áleiðis um e-t, it goes well (húskarlinn kvað vel ~ áleiðis um heilsu manna); afleiðis þokar um kurteisi karlanna, it goes backwards with the manners if men;
- þoka
- 3) to change, alter (eigi skal fornum samkomu-málum ~);
- þoka
- 4) refl., þokast, to be displaced (þokast þá nökkut steina-sørvit); lítt þokaðist á um mannfallit, it made little progress.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚢᚴᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- dat.
- dative.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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