Kraki
Old Norse Dictionary - kraki
Meaning of Old Norse word "kraki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kraki can mean:kraki
- kraki
- a, m. [Dan. krage], a pale, stake; konungr lét setja kraka utan frá Borg it fremra með sænum, Fms. viii. 148: a drag, boat-hook, vóru þá görvir til krakar, ok varð dregit í sundr hofit, Ísl. ii. 411: prop. a looped and branched stem, used as a staircase, in which sense it is still used in Norway (Ivar Aasen); this also was the old Dan. sense, see Saxo ii. 31; hence metaph. the nickname of the famous mythical Danish king Rolf Kraki, from his being thin and tall; nú sitr hér í hásaeti kraki einu lítill, Edda 81.
- kraki
- 2. a kind of anchor, = Gr. εὐνή.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- n.
- neuter.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- Gr.
- Greek.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.