Bakki
Old Icelandic Dictionary - bakkiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "bakki" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
bakki Old Icelandic word can mean:
- bakki
- m.
- bakki
- 1) bank (of a river, lake, chasm, etc.);
- bakki
- 2) ridge, bank (hann settist undir bakka í hrísrunni);
- bakki
- 3) a mound on which the target is set up; setja spán í bakka, to set up a target;
- bakki
- 4) bank of clouds above the horizon;
- bakki
- 5) back of a knife or other cutting instrument, opp. to egg.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚴᚴᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
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