Sprakki
Old Norse Dictionary - sprakki
Meaning of Old Norse word "sprakki"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sprakki
- a, m., qs. spraðki, [cp. Dan. sprade or sprade-basse = a dandy]:—a ‘spark,’ poöt. a woman, Rm., Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët., freq. in mod. lays, but not used in prose, spraka-leggr, n. a nickname, Ó. H.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛒᚱᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Rm.
- Rígsmál. (A. II.)