virkr
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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.