Bakki
Old Norse Dictionary - bakki
Meaning of Old Norse word "bakki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word bakki can mean:bakki
- bakki
- a, m. [Engl. and Germ. bank]
- bakki
- 1. a bank of a river, water, chasm, etc.; árbakki, sjávarbakki, marbakki, flæðarbakki, Gísl. 54; síkisbakki, gjárbakki; út eptir áinni ef Hákon stæði á bakkanum, Fms. v.. 282, ix. 405, Nj. 158, 224: Tempsar b., banks of the Thames, Fms. v. (in a verse).
- bakki
- 2. an eminence, ridge, bank; gengu þeir á land ok kómu undir bakka einn, Dropl. 5; hann settist undir b. í hrísrunni, Bjarn. 15; cp. skotbakki, butts on which the target is placed; setja spán í bakka, to put up a target, Fms. ii. 271.
- bakki
- β. heavy clouds in the horizon.
- bakki
- 3. [= bak], the back of a knife, sword, or the like, opp. to edge; blað skilr bakka ok egg, Jónas, Grett. 110 new Ed.
- bakki
- COMPDS: bakkafullr, bakkakólfr, bakkastokkar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- opp.
- opposed.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Bjarn.
- Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
- Dropl.
- Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Jónas
- Jónas Hallgrímsson.