kraki
nafnorð, karlkyn
Merkingar
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.
- 2.
a kind of anchor, = Gr. εὐνή.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Dan.
- Danish.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Gr.
- Greek.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)