Strákr
Old Norse Dictionary - strákr
Meaning of Old Norse word "strákr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word strákr can mean:strákr
- strákr
- m. [strjúka?], a landlouper, vagabond, Korm. 196; hón átti börn með strákum, Bs. i. 286, 807; strákar, opp. to góðir menn, Sturl. i. 62; strákar, stafkarlar, göngu-menn, opp. to ‘röskir menn,’ ii. 6; einn útan-héraðs strákr … strákrinn, Bs. i. 627; þar vóru menn fengnir at vaka strákar þrír. Sturl. iii. 146: in mod. usage an idle lad, a rascal, þegiðu, strákr!
- strákr
- COMPDS: strákligr, strákmaðr, strákóttr, strákskapr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚱᛅᚴᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)