kraka

crow

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(að), v.

1) to furnish with pales;

2) to grip the bottom (tóku þá akkerin at kraka);

3) kraka e-t upp, to fetch up from the bottom (krökuðu þeir hann upp ok fluttu til lands).

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að, to drag under the water; þá er hann krakaði þat upp, Grág. ii. 276; þeir krökuðu upp spýtingana ok pakkana, … ok láta upp kraka þat sem fengist af gózi, Bs. i. 842; krökuðu þeir hann upp, ok fluttu til lands, 610:—to furnish with pales, allt var krakat it ytra með sjónum, Fms. viii. 177:—to touch the bottom, of an anchor or the like, tóku þá akkerin at kraka, x. 135; kraka niðri, of a horse in a deep stream only just touching the bottom with the feet: kraka hey upp, to cock hay, Grág. ii. 107.