virkr

a.

1) working; in compds., góð-, harð-, mikil-, stór-; virkr dagr, work-day, week-day;

2) careful, painstaking (v. at e-u);

3) v. e-m, valued by, dear to (kærr var hann ok v. konunginum).

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adj. working; in compds, stór-virkr, mikil-v., harð-v., góð-v., etc.; virkr dagr, a work-day, week-day, K. Á. 176, Rb. 78.

2. careful, painstaking; virkr at e-u, working at, busy at, fond of; hann var virkr at hestinum, Fs. 55; virkr at henni ok kærr, Sks. 131.

3. valued, dear; kærr var hann ok virkr konunginum, dear was he and valued by the king, O. H. L. 76; þeir menn vóru þeim goðum virkastir er mestar údáðir görðu, to those gods the men were dearest who did most evil, Hb. (1865) 23.