Loke

See also: loke and Lôĸe

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse Loki.

Proper noun

Loke

1. (Norse mythology) Loki
2. (rare) a male given name of modern usage

Hawaiian

Etymology

From loke (“rose”); also borrowed from the English Rose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ke/

Proper noun

Loke

1. 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
• Hyphenation: Lò‧ke

Proper noun

Loke m (definite Loken)

1. (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

2. A ghost that takes children in the night
3. (Norse mythology) Loki, the god of mischief and trickery, also used as a character in Scandinavian ballades from post-pagan time
   • 1905, “Trymskvida”, in Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, transl., Edda-kvæde: norrøne fornsongar. 1. Gudekvæde, page 22:

     Flaug daa Loke
     fjørhamen dunde,
     til ut han kom
     av Aasagarden,
     og inn han kom
     i Jøtunheimen.

     Then Loki flew,
     the feather-dress whirred,
     till out he came
     of the gods’ home,
     and in he came
     to the giants’ realm.

   • 1905, Ivar Mortensson-Egnund, “Torekall”, in Edda-kvæde: norrøne fornsongar. 1. Gudekvæde, 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 quotation)

   • 1840, Anne Golid, Olea Crøger, Torekall vinn att hamaren sin [Thor gets his hammer back]‎^[1]:

     Aa de va liten Loke Leiemann
     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.

4. (rare) a male given name from Old Norse, of modern usage

Usage notes

The stories about Loki survived past the Christianisation in Norway (post-1050), but he’s commonly been reduced to a more generic folkloric being.

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)

1. (Norse mythology) Loki
2. a male given name