Hand-krækjask
Old Norse Dictionary - hand-krækjask
Meaning of Old Norse word "hand-krækjask"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hand-krækjask
- t, recipr. to try the strength by pulling with crooked hands, Fms. vi. 203, Fs. 78 (where it is used of hooking hands together and standing in a circle as in a dance).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛏ-ᚴᚱᛅᚴᛁᛅᛋᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- recipr.
- reciprocally.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)