Flakka
Old Norse Dictionary - flakka
Meaning of Old Norse word "flakka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- flakka
- að, to rove about as a beggar, FaS. ii. 228, FmS. viii. 240, Sturl. i. 70 (MS.): metaph., Vápn. 4.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᛚᛅᚴᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vápn.
- Vápnfirðinga Saga. (D. II.)