Rolf Kraki
[ krah-kee ]
/ ˈkrɑ ki /
noun Scandinavian Legend.
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.
Origin of Rolf Kraki
< Old Norse
Hrólfr, equivalent to
hró(thr) fame + (
ú)lfr
wolf, cognate with Old English
Hrōthwulf; kraki wretch (applied ironically)