røkkr

See also: rokkr

Old Norse

Etymology

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

røkkr n

  1. twilight
    ragna røkkr — the twilight of the gods, the end of the world

Descendants
  • Icelandic: rökkur

References
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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