frakkr

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to frekr (“greedy, covetous”)

Adjective

frakkr

1. brave, undaunted

Descendants

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

Further reading

• 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) “2445”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 2445