hrækǫstr (noun m.) ‘corpse-mound...’
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ONP: hrǽkǫstr sb. m.citations (undefined)
hrækǫst (fira* ævi), — Arn Magndr 11II/4
...svá hôvan hrækǫst af barri ... ‘...so high a corpse-mound of wolves’ ...’
1050- Þfagr Sveinn 5II/3 — hrækǫstu ‘corpse-piles’ 1051
- ESk Hardr I 2II/8 — hrækǫst ‘a corpse-pile’ 1135
of hrækesti. — RvHbreiðm Hl 38III/8
...hreyfðusk of hrækesti. ‘...gloated above the carrion-pile. ’
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