kraki
nafnorðkarlkyn
a, [ krage], a pale, stake; konungr lét setja kraka utan frá Borg it fremra með sænum, viii. 148: a drag, boat-hook, vóru þá görvir til krakar, ok varð dregit í sundr hofit, Ísl. ii. 411: a looped and branched stem, used as a staircase, in which sense it is still used in Norway (); this also was the old sense, see Saxo ii. 31; hence the nickname of the famous mythical Danish king Rolf Kraki, from his being thin and tall; nú sitr hér í hásaeti kraki einu lítill, 81.
2. a kind of anchor, = εὐνή.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Dan.Danish.
- prop.proper, properly.
- metaph.metaphorical, metaphorically.
- Gr.Greek.
- Fms.Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar AasenIvar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)