Hnakk-mið
Old Norse Dictionary - hnakk-mið
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnakk-mið"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnakk-mið
- m. a buoy fastened to an anchor (?); ef menn draga upp akkeri með sínu akkeri, ok fylgir hvártki strengr né hnakkmiði, Jb. 403; hnykkja hnakkmiða, to move the anchor, change a ship’s berth, Fs. 92 (in a verse of A. D. 996).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛅᚴᚴ-ᛘᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. D.
- Anno Domini.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)