Definitions
Definitions
1 hnakkr
m. an anchor-stone, similar to the mod. dreki and stjóri (εὐναί in Homer), whence hnakk-band, hnakk-mið.
2 hnakkr
II. a man’s saddle, freq. in mod. usage, which distinguishes between a söðull (a side saddle) and hnakkr, but it seems not to be found in old writers, except in hnakkmarr above.
3 hnakkr
III. = knakkr, q. v.; stólar fjórir, knakkr, lectari, Pm. 17 (in a church’s inventory).
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
hnakkr
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hnakkr" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).