DREKI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

DREKI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 DREKI

a, m. [from the Gr. δράκων; Lat. draco; A. S. draca; Germ. drache; Engl. dragon; Swed. drake; Dan. drage]:—a dragon, Al. 160, 656 A, Gullþ. ch. 4; this word, which undoubtedly is of foreign origin, is however very old; it occurs in Vsp. 65 (there is no reason to suspect the genuineness of this verse); it is most freq. used by poets of the 10th and 11th centuries, and is especially used of ships of war bearing a dragon’s head as beaks. Fms. ii. 179, 182, 217, 303, iv. 354, v. 311, vi. 314, 360, vii. 51, 109, 248, x. 36, 77, 204–206, xi. 45, 375.

2 DREKI

β. the constellation Scorpion, Rb. 408.

3 DREKI

2. naut. a small anchor.

4 DREKI

COMPDS: drekahamr, drekahöfuð, drekalíki, drekamerki.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᚱᛁᚴᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
Dan: Danish.
Dan.: Danish.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
esp: especially.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Gr.: Greek.
l.: Linnæus.
Lat: Latin.
Lat.: Latin.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
naut.: nautical.
orig: original, originally.
p.: page.
S.: South, Southern.
Swed: Swedish.
Swed.: Swedish.
v.: vide, verb.
þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

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