Frakka

Old Norse Dictionary - frakka

Meaning of Old Norse word "frakka" in English.

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

frakka Old Norse word can mean:

frakka: u, f. [A. S. franca], a kind of spear; Grimm thinks that the framea of Tacitus is merely a corruption of franca, a suggestion which seems to be almost certain; in northern poems and writers this word only occurs in Rm. 32, whence it was probably taken into Edda (Gl.); on the other hand, we have an Icel. frakki, a, m. a kind of weapon, in the compd hræ-f., a ‘carrion-fluke,’ i. e. the blade of a sword, Gísl. 7 (in a verse); and akkeris-frakki, a, m. an ‘anchor-fluke (?),’ in a verse of 996, FS. 92: again, the frakka of the Rm. was probably borrowed from A. S.

frakka: 2. Frakki, a, m. a proper name, cp. Gullþ.; Frakka-nes, n. a farm.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

S.: Saga.

cp.: compare.

n.: neuter.

þ.: þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Gullþ.: Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)

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