Há-sin
Old Norse Dictionary - há-sinMeaning of Old Norse word "há-sin" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- há-sin
- f. [the há- answers to A. S. hôh, Engl. hough; cp. A. S. hohsin, Engl. hough sinew, O. H. G. hahsa or hasina, Bavar. hächsen, mid. H. G. hahse, Dan. hase, with a dropped n; see Grimm’s Gramm. iii. 405]:—a hough sinew or tendon, Hrafn. 20, Eb. 242, passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅ-ᛋᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mid. H. G.
- middle High German.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
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