For-sprakari

Old Norse Dictionary - for-sprakari

Meaning of Old Norse word "for-sprakari" in English.

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

for-sprakari
a, m. [for. word; Germ. sprechen], a ‘for-speaker’ spokesman, Sti. 266; hence the mod. for-sprakki, a, m. a ringleader.

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

Abbreviations used:

for.
foreign.
Germ.
German.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

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