Hrekja

Old Norse Dictionary - hrekja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrekja" in English.

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

hrekja Old Norse word can mean:

hrekja: pret. hrakti; part. hrakiðr, Orkn. 424, mod. hrakinn, neut. hrakt, Sturl. ii. 169: [akin to Goth. vrikan, A. S. wrecan, Engl. wreak, wreck, see introduction to letter H]:—to worry, vex; h. e-n í orðum, to scold and abuse one, FmS. vii. 319, FS. 173; þau bityrði er Skarphéðinn hrakti yðr Ljósvetninga, Nj. 223; ámæla þær honum í hverju orði ok hrekja, Finnb. 228: to confound, mér þaetti bezt við þann at eiga, er allir hrekjask fyrir áðr, by whom all people are confounded, Hrafn. 16; Sigmundr sagðisk heldr vilja h. þá sem mest, Fær. 165, FS. 33, 129, Sturl. ii. 169, BS. ii. 143; hann eyðir málit fyrir Erni ok hrekr hann sem mest af málinu, FS. 125: víghestrinn hafði hrakit hrossin, Eb. 36 new Ed.

hrekja: β. a naut. term, of ships driven out of their course, freq. in mod. usage; either imperS., e-n hrekr, one is driven and wrecked; or reflex., þeir hröktust fimm vikur sjávar, they were driven for five miles on the sea: also of a ship, skipið (acc.) hrekr, the ship has drifted, cp. BS. i. 817; of sheep in a snow storm.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Engl.: English.

gl.: glossary.

Goth.: Gothic.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

neut.: neuter.

part.: participle.

pret.: preterite.

S.: Saga.

acc.: accusative.

cp.: compare.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

impers.: impersonal.

m.: masculine.

naut.: nautical.

pers.: person.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Eb.: Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)

Finnb.: Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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