Krækja
Old Norse Dictionary - krækjaMeaning of Old Norse word "krækja" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
krækja Old Norse word can mean:
- krækja
- ð or t, [krókr], to hook with anything crooked, the instrument in dat.; hann krækti handar-stúfinum í kistu-hringana, Fms. x. 258, Eg. 564, Fb. i. 524, Grett. 50 new Ed., Karl.; hann krækir fótunum niðr undir kviðinn (of a horse), Sd. 177; hékk akkeri mikit á Drómundinum, ok var krækt fleinunum á borðit, en leggrinn vissi ofan, and had the fluke hooked on the gunwale, but the leg turned down, Orkn. 362; Þórir krœkði upp öxinni, Ó. H. 135, Fms. vii. 264, Eb. 310, Fær. 110; krækt er saman beinum í þér, thy bones are hooked together, i. e. badly knit, Grett.; hann krækti fætr undan þeim með staf, he hooked their legs with his stick, Fms. vii. 264; hann vildi k. af honum skjöldinn, Gullþ. 15.
- krækja
- II. metaph. to go in circuits, in windings; þeir koma aptan dags á einn fjörð mikinn, ok krækti ymsa vega í landit, a fjord which branched, spread widely into the county, Krók. 52.
- krækja
- III. refiex. to be hooked, Sks. 27 new Ed.; krækjask til, to grapple in close fight, Fær. 18; vera inni kræktr, to be shut in, Fms. viii, 386.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚴᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- dat.
- dative.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- þ.
- þáttr.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fær.
- Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Gullþ.
- Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)