hroki

hroki
arrogance
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m. a heap above the brim.
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a, m. the heap above the brim of a full vessel; með hroka færdæmingar, covered with disgrace, H. E. i. 514.
II. metaph. insolence, overbearing manners, freq.
COMPDS: hrokafullr, hrokalegr, hrokayrði.

An Icelandic-English dictionary. . 1874.

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