FRAKKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

FRAKKA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 FRAKKA

u, f. [A. S. franca], a kind of spear; Grimm thinks that the framea of Tacitus is merely a corruption of franca, a suggestion which seems to be almost certain; in northern poems and writers this word only occurs in Rm. 32, whence it was probably taken into Edda (Gl.); on the other hand, we have an Icel. frakki, a, m. a kind of weapon, in the compd hræ-f., a ‘carrion-fluke,’ i. e. the blade of a sword, Gísl. 7 (in a verse); and akkeris-frakki, a, m. an ‘anchor-fluke (?),’ in a verse of 996, Fs. 92: again, the frakka of the Rm. was probably borrowed from A. S.

2 FRAKKA

2. Frakki, a, m. a proper name, cp. Gullþ.; Frakka-nes, n. a farm.

Runic Inscription

ᚠᚱᛅᚴᚴᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
Fr: French in etymologies.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
prob: probable, probably.
prop: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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