Skalkenik

Old Danish Dictionary - skalkenik

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

The Old Danish word Skalkenik can mean:

  • no.
  • 1) listigt nik, list: ludus pro dolo, putz, skaleke- nick. Etym 892; hand giver dem det skalke-nik, see! dend, jeg kysser, tager!KPs 410, 361 (ovt. III. 256b54); hver skalcke-nicke, hver vrenge-mund, Navrindl d3; mand skulle finde nock aff Judæ skalcke-nick. Naur c4". —
  • 2) at være nikket (om kvæg). M. Jf ovt.TIL. 2929-30.

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

Abbreviations used:

no.
navneord (substantivum).
t.
tysk.

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