Parak
Old Norse Dictionary - parak
Meaning of Old Norse word "parak"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- parak
- n. a nickname, Landn., prob. Gaelic = Scot. parrack: in mod. usage parraka, að, [A.s. parac = park], to keep pent in, under constraint and coercion, (slang.)
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚱᛅᚴ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- prob.
- probably.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)