Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FRAKKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

2 definitions

1 FRAKKA

u, f. [A. S. franca], a kind of spear; Grimm thinks that the framea of Tacitus is merely a corruption of franca, a suggestion which seems to be almost certain; in northern poems and writers this word only occurs in Rm. 32, whence it was probably taken into Edda (Gl.); on the other hand, we have an Icel. frakki, a, m. a kind of weapon, in the compd hræ-f., a ‘carrion-fluke,’ i. e. the blade of a sword, Gísl. 7 (in a verse); and akkeris-frakki, a, m. an ‘anchor-fluke (?),’ in a verse of 996, Fs. 92: again, the frakka of the Rm. was probably borrowed from A. S.

2 FRAKKA

2. Frakki, a, m. a proper name, cp. Gullþ.; Frakka-nes, n. a farm.

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Runic Inscription

FRAKKA

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "FRAKKA" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
prob: probable, probably.
prop: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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