Kraki

Old Norse Dictionary - kraki

Meaning of Old Norse word "kraki" in English.

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

kraki Old Norse word can mean:

kraki: a, m. [Dan. krage], a pale, stake; konungr lét setja kraka utan frá Borg it fremra með sænum, Fms. viii. 148: a drag, boat-hook, vóru þá görvir til krakar, ok varð dregit í sundr hofit, Ísl. ii. 411: prop. a looped and branched stem, used as a staircase, in which sense it is still used in Norway (Ivar Aasen); this also was the old Dan. sense, see Saxo ii. 31; hence metaph. the nickname of the famous mythical Danish king Rolf Kraki, from his being thin and tall; nú sitr hér í hásaeti kraki einu lítill, Edda 81.

kraki: 2. a kind of anchor, = Gr. εὐνή.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

n.: neuter.

prop.: proper, properly.

Gr.: Greek.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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