Definition of Krakin
Kraken, a huge fabulous sea-monster, reported as at one time seen in
the Norwegian seas; it would rise to the surface, and as it plunged down
drag ships and every floating or swimming thing along with it.
- Wikipedia
Kra"ken (?), n. [Prob. from OSw.
krake, or ODan. krage the trunk of a tree, the branches
of which are not entirely cut off, to which it was likened by the
Norwegian mariners.] A fabulous Scandinavian sea monster, often
represented as resembling an island, but sometimes as resembling an
immense octopus.
To believe all that has been said of the sea serpent
or kraken, would be credulity; to reject the possibility of
their existence, would be presumption.
Goldsmith.
Like a kraken huge and black.
Longfellow.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Swedish
- definite form singular of krake
Kraken- An enormous, legendary sea monster in Norwegian mythology.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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