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older form skrati, as seen from rhymes, latr skrati; [akin to skratta = to laugh loud and harshly; skrade = crepare]:—a wizard, warlock; sú segir spár sínar sem völfur ok skrattar forðum, Blanda; seið-skratti (), a wizard who works charms; the skratta refers to the strange noises with which the enchanter works (seið-læti); skratta-sker, the name of a rock on which wizards were exposed to die, ii. 142; hann síðdi þar ok var kallaðr skratti, x. 378.
2. a goblin, monster; in vatna-skratti, a water-sprite, sea-monster, see i. 138, in the south of for sjó-skrímsli: a giant, ogre, (Gl.); in usage a devil, imp, skrattinn fór at skapa mann, a ditty; skratta-atgangr, ii. 519; skrattans- so and so, in oaths; karl-skratti, an evil churl, 38 new ; kvenn-skratti, a hag, fury. skratt-hanki, a nickname, viii.
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