Hnoss
Old Norse Dictionary - hnossMeaning of Old Norse word "hnoss" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hnoss Old Norse word can mean:
- hnoss
- f. [prob. from A. S. hnossian = to hammer, as smíð from smíða], a costly thing, esp. in plur. of a lady’s ornaments, Hkr. i. 16, Edda 21, FmS. xi. 428 (hnossa-smíði), Am. 53, Gh. 6, 18, Gkv. 2. 20, HarmS. 40, Líknarb. 13, Orkn. 154 (in a verse): mythol. the goddess Hnoss, a daughter of Freyja and sister to Gersemi, Edda 21.
- hnoss
- II. freq. in mod. usage, but usually neuter, and used in sing. as well as in plur.; himneskt miskunar hnoss, PasS. 36. 3; = n. T. βραβειον, einn er sá sem hnossið meðtekr, 1 Cor. ix. 24; eg skunda … eptir því hnossi, Phil. iii. 14; dýrðar-h., the prize of glory.
- hnoss
- COMPDS: hnossfjöld, hnossgæti, hnossgætr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mythol.
- mythology, mythologically.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
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