Sprakki

Old Norse Dictionary - sprakki

Meaning of Old Norse word "sprakki" in English.

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

sprakki: a, m., qs. spraðki, [cp. Dan. sprade or sprade-basse = a dandy]:—a ‘spark,’ poöt. a woman, Rm., Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët., freq. in mod. lays, but not used in prose, spraka-leggr, n. a nickname, Ó. H.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Dan.: Danish.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

qs.: quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

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