rekkr
nafnorðkarlkyn
, rekki, 3; rekkar; [akin to rakkr, ]: a straight, upright man, a franklin (?), a word in poetry, see ( 18), but in prose only used in old law phrases: in the law phrase, rekkr ok rýgr, man and wife; þann mann skal leiða á rekks skaut ok rýgjar, i. 209; árbornum manni (a noble) fjóra aura, rekks þegni (a freeholder, franklin)? þrjá aura, en leysingja tvá aura; as also, höldr, árborinn maðr, rekks þegn, leysingi, i. 172, 173 (the rekkr stands therefore as the third in rank next to a freed man); rekkar þeir þóttusk er þeir ript höfðu, they felt themselves proud, 48; Hálfs-rekkar, the champions of king H., ii. 25, 107 (the etymology there given is a mere fancy).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- dat.þágufall (e. dative)
- pl.fleirtala (e. plural)
- q. v.quod vide.
- prop.proper, properly.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- allit.alliteration, alliterative.
- Hdl.Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Hm.Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
- EddaEdda. (C. I.)