Já halló! Það er alveg rétt hjá ykkur að orðið "hnakkr" er íslenskt. Hins vegar er nútímaleg ritun á því "hnakkur" :) Well Mr. Wordaday, feast on this! Kristinn At 22:45 6.8.2000 -0700, you wrote: >Knacker. 1. A harness or saddle maker (Icel. hnakkr - a saddle) > >Webster's New International Dictionary, 1936 model > >Tom Wordaday > >Susan Kline wrote: > > > > At 12:47 PM 08/06/2000 -0400, you wrote: > > >Barrie; > > > What is a "Knacker"? > > >Jim Bryant (FL) > > > > I'm not Barrie, either, but I think a "knacker" is the > > butcher in a slaughterhouse, specializing in worn-out > > horses. Slaughterhouse = knacker's yard. That's why > > some of the British TV has characters wandering in with > > bleared eyes and wrinkled clothes and saying they are > > knackered. They used to be offered a cup of tea, but > > that seems to be dying out. > > > > Susan
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