Híra

Old Norse Dictionary - híra

Meaning of Old Norse word "híra" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

híra: ð, [hira, Ivar Aasen, statt ikje dar aa hir! and hiren = lazy]:—híra við, to stand idle, tarry, loiter, Grág. i. 6, 65; öllu var honum betra á Stað, heima að híra, Jón Arason: in mod. usage a reflex., hírast, to sit snug at home; það er og vel að þú hírist (hýrist is a wrong spelling) hér eptir þar sem þú ert nú kominn og etir þar og drekkir, Od. x. 270, 271; hinir hírðu við … ek hírumk hér hjá í yðvarri þjónustu, Vitae Patrum (Unger).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

mod.: modern.

reflex.: retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

Od.: Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.

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