skukka

Merkingar

u, f. [skokkr], a pot; þeir hrukku lítt meðan full var s., as long as the pot was full, Fms. ix. 439 (in a verse; skrukka, v. l.)

1. II.

   [cp. Engl. to shrink, shrunk], a wrinkle, = Lat. ruga; gullknapprinn görr með þungnm skukkum gullsmiðligs hagleiks, Karl. 286; eitt klæði, þat er með sínum skukkum leynir hennar kviðar-vöxt, Mar. 447; gékk jörðin undir þeim skukkum, the earth rolled in waves under their feet, Edda i. 144 (Cod. Worm.); skukkum ok hrukkum, Thom. 355.