Aptr-reka
Old Norse Dictionary - aptr-reka
Meaning of Old Norse word "aptr-reka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- aptr-reka
- and aptr-reki, adj. ind. (navig.), verðr a., to be driven back by stress of weather, Landn. 148, BS. i. 76, Grág. i. 274; a. skip, Ann. 1347, BS. Laur. S.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᛒᛏᚱ-ᚱᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- n.
- neuter.
- navig.
- navigation.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ann.
- Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Laur. S.
- Laurentius Saga. (D. III.)