Hrökkva

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hrökkva

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 hrökkva (hrǫkkva)

ð and t, causal of the last verb, to drive back, beat, whip; ok beit eigi heldr á enn tálknskíði væri hrökt um, than if it had been beaten with a reed, Fas. ii. 534, 556: to spur or whip a horse, eptir þat hrökti hann hestinn, Sturl. iii. 50; þá hrökði Þórðr hestinn undir sér ok kvað þetta við raust, 317; Eldgrímr vill nú skilja ok hrökkr hestinn, Ld. 150; þeir hrökkva hann síðan brott, they whipped him off, Mar.

2 hrökkva (hrǫkkva)

II. reflex. to fall back; hann skyldi geyma at engir hreykðisk aptr, that none should lag behind, Sturl. ii. 211; þeir hröktusk (staggered to and fro) þar í lengi dags, Grett. 147 new Ed.

3 hrökkva (hrǫkkva)

2. esp. to coil, wriggle, of the movement of a snake; ormr hrökvisk (hrøquesc) ok es háll, Eluc. 28, Stj. 96; undan honum hrökðisk ein naðra at Oddi, Fas. ii. 300; ormrinn vildi eigi inn í munninn ok hrökðisk frá í brott, Fms. ii. 179; gengu menn eptir orminum þar til er hann hrökðisk í jörð niðr, vi. 297; þá skreið hann í munn honum ok hrækðiz þegar niðr í kviðinn, x. 325; hrökkvisk hann um hans fótleggi, Stj. 96, cp. hrökkvi-áll.

Orthography

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Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᚢᚴᚴᚢᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
esp
especially.
esp.
especially.
f.
feminine.
gl
glossary.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
n.
neuter.
neg
negative, negatively.
neg.
negative, negatively.
p.
page.
part
participle.
part.
participle.
pl.
plural.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
q. v.
quod vide.
reflex
reflexive.
reflex.
reflexive.
s. v.
sub verbo.
subj.
subjunctive.
suff
suffix.
suff.
suffix.
uff.
suffix.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Art.
Artus-kappa Sögur. (G. II.)
Eluc.
Elucidarium. (F. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Km.
Kráku-mál. (A. III.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)

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