Kreika
Old Norse Dictionary - kreika
Meaning of Old Norse word "kreika"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- kreika
- að, [Engl. crouch, cp. crutch; Germ. kriechen], to walk in a bent posture, hobble; kreikaðu réttr sonr minn, a ditty; freq. in mod. usage.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛁᛁᚴᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.