hroki
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hroki, probably from hrokr (“heaped measure, pile”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukan-, *hraukaz.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hroki m (genitive singular hroka, no plural)
- arrogance
- Synonyms: dramb, gikksháttur, gorgeir, ofmetnaður, rembingur, rosti, stórlæti, yfirlæti, þótti
Declension edit
declension of hroki
Derived terms edit
- hrokafullur (“arrogant”)
- hrokagikkur (“arrogant person”)
- hrokalegur (“overbearing”)