hökul brækr
nafnorð, kvenkyn
hökul-brækr
f. pl., also by dropping the aspirate, ökul-brækr, Fas. iii. 41:—‘cloak-breeks,’ a kind of dress, perhaps like a Highlander’s kilt, prob. derived from hökull, hekla, and not from ökla, an ankle; it is used of beggarly attire, Ísl. (Kjaln. S.) ii. 417, Fas. iii. 41.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- prob.
- probably.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fas.
- Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- Kjaln. S.
- Kjalnesinga saga. (D. V.)