Jaki
Old Norse Dictionary - jaki
Meaning of Old Norse word "jaki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word jaki can mean:jaki
- jaki
- a, m. [cp. A. S. gicel], a piece of ice, broken ice, FaS. i. 472, Eb. 236–240, Grett. 140, passim.
- jaki
- COMPDS: jaka-för, f. and jaka-hlaup, n. broken ice in a river, Grett. l. c.; see jökull: bel-jaki, a bulging piece of ice, metaph. a rough strong man; hann er mesti beljaki.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- m.
- masculine.
- S.
- Saga.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)