Rolf Kraki

[ krah-kee ]

noun

, Scandinavian Legend.

1. a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and in accounts by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus: involved in great battles with his stepfather, Adils of Sweden.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rolf Kraki¹

< Old Norse Hrólfr, equivalent to hró ( thr ) fame + ( ú ) lfr wolf, cognate with Old English Hrōthwulf; kraki wretch (applied ironically)

Example Sentences

For none of the Scandinavian sources attribute any act of injustice or usurpation to Rolf Kraki.

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He fell back upon a parallel between the story of the death of Rolf Kraki and the story of Finnsburg.

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