m., krákr, Am. 45, Pm. 76; [Engl. crook; Dan. krog; Swed. krok]:—a hook, anything crooked; krókr þrí-angaðr, a three-pronged hook, a trident, Bret. 6: a barb on a spear or arrow head, Grett. 45, 109 new Ed.: of a fishing-hook, Lil. 60, 78, 82; tveggja króka hald í vatnit, Pm. 41; nú er úlfs-hali einn á króki, a saying, Band, (in a verse): a peg, þeir tóku reip ofan ór krókum, Hrafn. 20; brjóta spjót ór krókum, Sturl. iii. 188: a kind of crooked-formed box to carry peat in, torf-krókar: the coils like a dragon’s tail on a ship’s stern, opp. to the ‘head’ (höfuð) on the ship’s stem, fram var á dreka-höfuð, en aptr krókr ok fram af sem sporðr, Hkr. i. 284; þat var dreki, var bæði höfuðin ok krókar aptr mjök gullbúit, Orkn. 332; höfuðit ok krókrinn var allt gullbúið, Fb. i. 435: a kind of boat-hook, a brand-hook, Ísl. ii. 411 (v. l.), N. G. L. ii. 448: of a wrestling trick, see hæl-krókr; the phrase, láta koma krók á móti bragði: a game, trying the strength by hooking one another’s fingers, fara í krók: the phrase, leggja sig í framkróka, to exert oneself, plan and devise; stýris-krókar, a rudder’s hook, Fas. iii. 204; hence prob. the phrase, þar reis at undir króki, there rose (a wave) under the rudder, Sturl. i. 47: an anchor fluke, Fms. vi. (in a verse).

2. a winding; Máriu-súðin (a ship) reist langan krók er þeir skyldu snúa henni, Fms. viii. 222; svá var skipat mönnum með fé þessu at þar skyldi engan krók rísta, i. e. to go straight, Ld. 96; göra sér krók, to make a circuit, Fas. iii. 197.

3. a device; ok hefir hann þat í hug sér at rétta þenna krók, Ld. 40, 260, Stj. 515; Króka-Refr, Ref the Wily, Krók.

II. a nook; í krókinn hjá húsinu, Fs. 42, (krók-pallr); aka e-m í öngan krók, to put one into a corner, to entrap, a saying, Fms. vi. 132 (in a verse).

III. a nickname, Landn.; whence Króks-fjörðr, a local name, Landn. króka-spjót, n. a barbed spear, Ld. 78, Eg. 726, Fbr. 11, and see Worsaae, No. 350.