hrøkkva

I)

(hrøkk; hrökk, hrukkum; hrokkinn), v.

1) to fall back, recoil, be repelled;

hrøkkva frá, to shrink back;

hrøkkva fyrir e-m, to give way before one (gekk konungr svá hart fram, at allt hrökk fyrir honum);

hrøkkva undan, to give way, draw back, retreat (hrukku Baglar þá undan);

hrøkkva við, to stand at bay, make a stand (verðr Sigvaldi nú við at hrøkkva);

2) to curl, of hair (hann hafði gult hár, ok hrökk mjök);

3) to suffice.

II)

(-ta, -tr), v.

1) hrøkkva e-u um e-t, to lash (switch) with a thing;

beit eigi heldr á en tálknskíði (a piece of whalebone) væri hrøkt um;

2) to spur or whip a horse (eptir þat hrøkti hann hestinn);

3) refl., hrøkkvast, to coil, wriggle, of a snake (undan honum hrøktist ein naðra at Oddi);

hrøkkvast aptr, to turn back (G. reið síðastr ok skyldi geyma, at engir hrøktist aptr).