HROKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HROKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HROKA

að, (see hraukr), to fill a vessel above the brim; cistera hrokuð af gulli, Hkr. iii. 245; hrokaðr (brimful) af úlyfjan, Th. 19: metaph., h. sig upp, to puff oneself up with pride: also hroka-fylla, t, to fill over the brim.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᚢᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.: masculine.
metaph.: metaphor, metaphorical.

Works & Authors

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Th.: Theophilus. (F. III.)

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