Loke
See also: loke and Lôĸe
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Loki.
Proper noun
Loke
- (Norse mythology) Loki
- (rare) a male given name of modern usage
Hawaiian
Etymology
From loke (“rose”); also borrowed from the English Rose.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlo.ke/, [ˈloke]
Proper noun
Loke
- a female given name from English
Related terms
- Lokelani
- Roselani
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 186.
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Loke occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 7 women and 1 man.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- Lokje, Lòkje (alternative spellings)
Etymology
From Old Norse Loki, related to loge (“flame”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Loki and Swedish Locke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²lɞ̞ːçə], [²lɞ̞ːkə], (newer and literary) [²lu̞ːkə]
- Homophone: loke
Proper noun
Loke m (definite Loken)
- (folklore) a being, wight (particularly one that lives in the fire):
- Lokje dengjer Bon’e sine. ― said when it crackles in burning wood (literally, “Loke is beating his children.”)
- Loke Langbein ― nickname for spider
- A ghost that takes children in the night
- (Norse mythology) Loki, the god of mischief and trickery
- 1905, Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, Edda-kvæde: norrøne fornsongar. 1. Gudekvæde, Torekall, page 22:
- Det var Lòkje Lauvøy,
tok aat sinom veng’e,
flaug han seg so høgt i sky,
nære flaug han sin sprenge.- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 1840, Anne Golid; Olea Crøger, Torekall vinn att hamaren sin [Thor gets his hammer back]:
- Aa de va liten Loke hired hand
satte sig i Fjederham,
aa saa floug han te Nordenrikji
aat vi de salte Vanne.- And it was little Loki tenant
put himself in plumage
and then he flew to Northern Realm
to us the salty water.
- And it was little Loki tenant
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- (rare) a male given name from Old Norse, of modern usage
Derived terms
- Loketrætta, Loketretta (“Lokasenna”)
References
- “loke”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
- “Loke” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
- Sophus Bugge (1909). Danske studier
- Axel Olrik (1908) Loke i nyere folkeoverlevering.
- V. Espeland, L. Kreken, M. Dahle Lauten, B. Nordbø, E. Prøysen, A. N. Ressem, O. Solberg, E. Nessheim Wiger (2016) Kjempe- og trollballadar
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Loki. Taken into general use as a given name in the 2000s.
Proper noun
Loke c (genitive Lokes)
- (Norse mythology) Loki
- a male given name