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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “røkkr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive