røkkr
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See also: rokkr
Old Norse[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *rekwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos, whence Sanskrit रजस् (rájas, “dimness, darkness”), Ancient Greek Ἔρεβος (Érebos, “Darkness”). Compare Old Armenian երեկ (erek).
Noun[edit]
røkkr n
- twilight
- ragna røkkr — the twilight of the gods, the end of the world
Descendants[edit]
- Icelandic: rökkur
References[edit]
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press