Hroki
Old Norse Dictionary - hroki
Meaning of Old Norse word "hroki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hroki can mean:hroki
- hroki
- a, m. the heap above the brim of a full vessel; með hroka færdæmingar, covered with disgrace, H. E. i. 514.
- hroki
- II. metaph. insolence, overbearing manners, freq.
- hroki
- COMPDS: hrokafullr, hrokalegr, hrokayrði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᚢᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- H. E.
- Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)