Drák
Old Norse Dictionary - drák
Meaning of Old Norse word "drák"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- drák
- f. (draka, u, f., Thom. l. c., mod. rák, f.), a streak; lá eptir ein blóð-drák í léreptinu, … fagra heilsu barnsins ok blóð-drákina, BS. ii. 170; hafði hann þá blóðrás merkiligasta, at ein draka (drák) gékk af hægra veg hanns ennis í skakk um þvert andlitið á vinstri kinninni, ok með því sama marki vitraðist hann síðan mörgum mönnum, Thom. 356; ein rauð blóðdrög, MS. Holm. no. 17 (Fr.), vide drög: rák is at present a very freq. word in Icel., but is hardly found in old writers; the identity of these two words cannot be doubted.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᚱᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Fr.
- French in etymologies.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- no.
- number.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fr.
- Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.