[1] krakleik ‘quarrelsomeness’: This is a hap. leg. and the meaning is conjectural. It could be a cognate to Swed., ODan. krakel from MLG krakēle ‘noise, fight’ (see NN §2864; AEW: krakleikr; cf. also Norw. krakilsk [adj.] ‘bellicose’, krakiler [noun] ‘hot-head’).
References
- Bibliography
- NN = Kock, Ernst Albin. 1923-44. Notationes Norrœnæ: Anteckningar till Edda och skaldediktning. Lunds Universitets årsskrift new ser. 1. 28 vols. Lund: Gleerup.
- AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.