Frakkar
Old Norse Dictionary - frakkar
Meaning of Old Norse word "frakkar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- frakkar
- m. pl. the Franks, mod. the French; perhaps derived from the national weapon franca, as that of Saxons from seax, sax = gladius; Frakkland, n. the land of the Franks, as fixed by the peace of Verdun in 843, Íb. ch. 9 and Fms. i. ii, and in old poets (Hallfred):—in mod. language used for France.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅᚴᚴᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Íb.
- Íslendinga-bók. (D. I.)