Flak
Old Norse Dictionary - flak
Meaning of Old Norse word "flak"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word flak can mean:flak
- flak
- n. the hood of a cap; ok saumat flökin at höfði hennar, Sturl. ii. 77 C, (Ed. flókinn); hence flaka-ólpa, u, f. a cap with a hood or flap, Sturl. l. c.
- flak
- β. the flapper or fin, e. g. of a halibut.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- n.
- neuter.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
Works & Authors cited:
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)