Víkja

Old Icelandic Dictionary - víkja

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "víkja" in English.

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

víkja Old Icelandic word can mean:

víkja
(vík; veik, vikum; vikinn), v.
víkja
1) to move, turn, with dat. (sveinninn mátti hvergi ~ höfðinu);
víkja
hann veik sér hjá dyrunum, he passed by the door;
víkja
~ e-m af hendi, to turn one off, dismiss;
víkja
~ e-u af sér, to decline (A. veik því af sér);
víkja
~ e-u til ráða (atkvæða) e-s, to hand it over to one’s decision;
víkja
~ tali, rœðu, máli til e-s, to turn one’s speech to one, address oneself to one;
víkja
~ til e-s, to mention, refer to (hefr hann svá kvæðit, at hann víkr til Ólafs konungs);
víkja
~ til við e-n, to broach it to one;
víkja
~ á e-t, to hint at (Þ. víkr á nökkut í Þorgeirsdrápu á misþokka þeira);
víkja
~ á við e-n = ~ til við e-n;
víkja
~ svá bœkr til, at, the books indicate that;
víkja
2) to move, go (þeir ~ þegar eptir þessum mönnum);
víkja
~ aptr, to return (þeir víku aptr ok leita þeira);
víkja
hann veik heim, he returned home;
víkja
~ til norðrættar, to trend north (þat ríki víkr til norðrættar);
víkja
~ inn til hafnar, to veer round and seek harbour (önnur skipin viku inn til hafna af leiðinni);
víkja
~ eptir e-m, to follow one’s example;
víkja
~ eptir e-u, to yield to (~ eptir freistingu fjándans);
víkja
3) impers. to turn, trend;
víkja
landinu víkr til landnorðrs, the land trends to north-east;
víkja
svá veik viðr veginum, at þar var hraungata mikil, the road was of this nature;
víkja
nú veik svá við, at liðit fór yfir á eina mikla, now it came to pass;
víkja
nú víkr sögunni vestr til Breiðafjarðardala, now the story turns west to B.;
víkja
en þar veik annan veg af, it turned out quite another way;
víkja
4) refl., ~st, to turn oneself;
víkja
~st aptr, to return;
víkja
hón sat ok veikst eigi, she sat and stirred not;
víkja
~st eptir e-u, to turn after, imitate;
víkja
~st undan e-u, to evade, decline;
víkja
~st undan við e-n, to refuse one;
víkja
~st undir hlýðni við e-n, to do homage to;
víkja
~st við e-t, to respond to (kvað hann vel hafa vikizt við sína nauðsyn).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚴᛁᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
e-m
einhverjum.
e-u
einhverju.
e-s
einhvers.
e-t
eitthvat.
impers.
impersonal.

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