Hroka
Old Norse Dictionary - hroka
Meaning of Old Norse word "hroka"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hroka
- að, (see hraukr), to fill a vessel above the brim; cistera hrokuð af gulli, Hkr. iii. 245; hrokaðr (brimful) af úlyfjan, Th. 19: metaph., h. sig upp, to puff oneself up with pride: also hroka-fylla, t, to fill over the brim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)