Vika

Old Icelandic Dictionary - vika

Meaning 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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