Hökul-brækr
Old Norse Dictionary - hökul-brækr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hökul-brækr" (or hǫkul-brækr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hökul-brækr (hǫkul-brækr)
- f. pl., also by dropping the aspirate, ökul-brækr, FaS. iii. 41:—‘cloak-breeks,’ a kind of dress, perhaps like a Highlander’s kilt, prob. derived from hökull, hekla, and not from ökla, an ankle; it is used of beggarly attire, Ísl. (Kjaln. S.) ii. 417, FaS. iii. 41.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hökul-brækr may be more accurately written as hǫkul-brækr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᚴᚢᛚ-ᛒᚱᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Kjaln. S.
- Kjalnesinga Saga. (D. V.)