Hákr
Old Norse Dictionary - hákr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hákr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hákr
- m., the proper sense may have been some kind of fish, cp. Engl. hake; the word is seldom used but in compds; mat-hákr, a glutton; orð-hákr, foul mouth: a nickname, hann var fyrir því kallaðr Þorkell hákr at hann eirði öngu hvárki í orðum né verkum, Nj. 183.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)