RAKKR

RAKKR
a. erect (þú heldr nökkuru rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu).
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adj. [Dan. rank = slender, of stature], prop. straight, slender; sé ek at þú heldr nokkut rakkara halanum en fyrir stundu, Ölk 36; rökk brúðr, slender, Orkn. (in a verse); rökk drós, Bs. ii. (in a verse).
2. metaph. upright, courageous, bold; but hardly used except in poetry, vera rakkr at húsum (better rækinn, v. l.), Sks. 92 new Ed.; rakkr þengill, Sighvat: freq. in poët. compds, fólk-r., dáð-r., Lex. Poeuml;t.: and used in prose in hug-rakkr, bold, hence is derived rekkr, q. v.

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