Yrða

reki

nafnorðkarlkyn
a, , originally vreki, [ wrakja; wraca; sea-wrack, ]:—jetsum, a thing drifted ashore, see rek above; hverr maðr á reka fyrir landi sinn, viðar ok hvala ok sela, fiska ok fugla ok þara, ii. 352; kaupa reka af landi annars manns, 358, 174, 176, passim. In , washed by the Polar stream and the Gulf stream, the right of jetsum in dead whales and drift-timber formed an important part of the public law; numerous passages in the Laws, Sagas, and Deeds bear witness to this, or relate to disputes about whales drifted ashore, 8, 57, 37, 14, 3.
2. in compds: reka-gögn, ‘wreck-gain,’ returns from jetsum, iii. 3; reka-hvalr, ii. 358, 366. 381; reka-bútr, -drumbr, -tré, -viðr, a drift-log, tree, i. 213, 40, 84, i. 674, 135, ii. 211; reka-partr, a share in a jetsum, ii. 9; reka-mark, a landmark of a reki, ii. 355, 316, 321, 322; reka-maðr, a ‘drift-man,’ lord of the manor, owner of jetsum (as owner or purchaser), ii. 359, 317; reka-strönd, a ‘wreck-strand,’ where whales or trees are driven ashore, 96, 82, 49; reka-búi, a neighbour or juror in a case of jetsum; ok skulu rekabúar virða hval, ii. 371; reka-fjara = reka-strönd, 357, 316; reka-bálkr and reka-þáttr, the section in law referring to jetsum, ii. 352, 313, II. persecution; var eigi svá mikill reki at görr um vígit sem ván mundi þykkja um svá göfgan mann, 194; Eiðr var þá mjök gamlaðr, varð af því at þessu görr engi reki, 250; þeir görðu mikinn reka at þeim verkum er þar vóru gör, 59 new III. in compds, as eyrend-reki, a messenger; land-reki, a king:—a driver, drover, in sauð-reki, hjarð-reki, naut-rcki, lest-reki,
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