Bak

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

bak Old Icelandic word can mean:

bak

n.

bak

1) back (binda bagga á ~ sér);

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fig. bera sök á ~i, to be guilty;

bak

leggja bleyðiorð á ~ e-m, to charge one with being a coward;

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hafa marga vetr á ~i, to be advanced in years;

bak

snúa ~i við, to turn the back, flee;

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ganga á ~ heitum, orðum, to go back on one’s word;

bak

2) = hest~;

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fara á ~, to mount;

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fara, stíga, spretta af ~i, to dismount;

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3) the backside of a thing (cf. handar~, hurðar~, hús~);

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á ~i húsunum, at the back of the houses;

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gøra e-t á ~i e-m, in one’s absence, behind one’s back;

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ríða at ~i e-m, behind him on the same horse;

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berr er hverr at ~i nema sér bróður eigi, bare is one’s back without a brother behind it;

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á ~,

bak

a) behind;

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koma á ~ e-m, to attack in the rear;

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b) after;

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á ~ jólum, after Christmas;

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hvat sem á ~ kemr, whatever may come after or follow;

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c) absol., falla á ~ aptr, to fall backwards;

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brjóta á ~ orð e-s, to refute, make them null and void;

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brjóta á ~ Rómverja, to defeat them.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴ

Also available in related dictionaries:

This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary
• Old Swedish - K.F Söderwall's Dictionary