Bakki

Old Norse Dictionary - bakki

Meaning of Old Norse word "bakki" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

bakki Old Norse word can mean:

bakki
a, m. [Engl. and Germ. bank]
bakki
1. a bank of a river, water, chasm, etc.; árbakki, sjávarbakki, marbakki, flæðarbakki, Gísl. 54; síkisbakki, gjárbakki; út eptir áinni ef Hákon stæði á bakkanum, Fms. v.. 282, ix. 405, Nj. 158, 224: Tempsar b., banks of the Thames, Fms. v. (in a verse).
bakki
2. an eminence, ridge, bank; gengu þeir á land ok kómu undir bakka einn, Dropl. 5; hann settist undir b. í hrísrunni, Bjarn. 15; cp. skotbakki, butts on which the target is placed; setja spán í bakka, to put up a target, Fms. ii. 271.
bakki
β. heavy clouds in the horizon.
bakki
3. [= bak], the back of a knife, sword, or the like, opp. to edge; blað skilr bakka ok egg, Jónas, Grett. 110 new Ed.
bakki
COMPDS: bakkafullr, bakkakólfr, bakkastokkar.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
Germ.
German.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
etc.
et cetera.
s. v.
sub voce.
v.
vide.
cp.
compare.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
opp.
opposed.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Gísl.
Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Bjarn.
Bjarnar Saga. (D. II.)
Dropl.
Droplaugar-sona Saga. (D. II.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Jónas
Jónas Hallgrímsson.
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