Dictionary:bakk

Nynorn

Etymology

From Old Norse bakki

Shetland use

An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland (1928)

Jakobsen, Jakob

bakk [ba‘k], sb., 1) bank; slope, de b. o’ de hill, o’ de knowe (the slope). 2) edge; bank; ledge, in the phrase “de b. o’ de gref” of a ledge in a peat-pit, now comm.: peat-bank; see under bakkagrof, bank. — As a place-name comm. in the sense of shore; steep shore, uncompounded in the form Bakka [ba‘ka] (sometimes with the def. art.: Bakken) and as the second part of a compound: -bakka and (more comm.) -bakk. Rarer in sense of (inland) bank, (inland) slope. See further Shetl. Stedn. pp. 74—75. — O.N. bakki, m., edge; bank; elevated piece of land limited by a depression on the one side; Da. bakke. No. “bakke” also = ledge in a peat-pit (R.). — See bank, sb.

Pronunciation

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Alternate Forms

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Noun

bakk

1. bank, slope
2. edge

Inflection

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Synonyms

(none known)