Hriki
Old Norse Dictionary - hriki
Meaning of Old Norse word "hriki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hriki can mean:hriki
- hriki
- a, m. a huge fellow, Fas. ii. 378, freq. in mod. usage: a giant, Edda (Gl.)
- hriki
- COMPDS: hrikalegr, hrikaleikr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)