røkkr
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