KRÁKA

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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u, f. [Dan. krage; cp. Engl. to croak], a crow, Lat. cornix, Hom. 69, Fms. vi. 446, Karl. 437, Edda (Gl.), Rm. 44; vinna eina kráku, Fms. vii. (in a verse); galandi kráka, Hm. 84; íllviðris-kráka, a croaking crow, boding ill weather; sumar-k.: the saying, betri er ein k. í hendi en tvær í skógi, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Ld. 96: a nickname, Kráka, Fas., whence Kráku-mál, n. pl. name of a poem, id.: kráku-nef, n. crow nose, a nickname; whence Krákneflingar, m. pl., Landn.

COMPDS: krákuskel, krákustígr, krákuungi.