Nyk

Old Danish Dictionary - nyk

Meaning of Old Danish word "Nyk", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Nyk can mean:

  • no. nykke. dårlighed; etbedrager oc forklickere, de, som mimet deris suiglige omgengsel ov nyckmange beskomme. Herm, Weivere, fort. VIL; Hegelund, Calumnia, Muli11 (= Smiths udg. 167, se ovf, u. sa 1)); dryk har adskillig nyk, fuldbug gjør ofte sjug, P. Syv. I. 73; —pykke. v. Aphelen, I. 450b. Smlun. sv. nyek; Sch, u. L.: nuck.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚿᛦᚴ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

Abbreviations used:

g.
grad (gradus).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
sv.
svensk.
t.
tysk.

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