frakkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to frekr (“greedy, covetous”)

Adjective

frakkr

brave, undaunted

Descendants

Icelandic: frakkur
>? Middle Norwegian: frakker
- Norwegian Nynorsk: frak, frakk

References

J.Fritzners ordbok over Det gamle norske sprog, dvs. norrøn ordbok ("J.Fritnzer's dictionary of the old Norwegian language, i.e. Old Norse dictionary"), on frakkr.
Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 2445, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2445

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