Rolf Kraki

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[krah-kee] / ˈkrɑ ki /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of Rolf Kraki

< 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.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

The equation of the modern Leire with the Leire of Rolf Kraki we may then accept.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

Turning back to the Saga of Rolf Kraki, we do find against that Danish setting a figure, that of the hero Bothvar Bjarki, bearing a very remarkable resemblance to Beowulf.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

In the Saga of Rolf Kraki the story of Froda is still further changed.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.

Huic in regno successit filius Rolf Kraki, patria virtute pollens, occisus in Lethra, qu� tunc famosissima Regis extitit curia, nunc autem Roskildensi uicina ciuitati, inter abiectissima ferme uix colitur oppida.

From Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by Chambers, R. W.