Vika
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vikaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "vika" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
vika Old Icelandic word can mean:
- vika
- (gen. pl. vikna), f.
- vika
- 1) week; nú lífa sumarit til átta vikna, till it was eight weeks to winter; hin helga v., Holy-week (after Whitsun); efsta v., the last week of Lent, Passion-week;
- vika
- 2) sea-mile, = vika sjóvar, v. sævar (Ólafseyjar liggja út á firðinum hálfa aðra viku undan Reykjanesi).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
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