Hnúfa

Old Norse Dictionary - hnúfa

Meaning of Old Norse word "hnúfa" in English.

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

hnúfa
a defect. strong verb, to chop off; áðr ek hnauf (MS. wrongly hnof) höfuð af Hniflungum, Gh. 12; a απ. λεγ. In old writers and in mod. usage this verb is obsolete, but it still survives in provincial Norse, where it belongs to the 3rd class of strong verbs, nuva, nauv, see Ivar Aasen’s Grammar (1864), p. 203, l. 2; cp. also the following word.

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

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Abbreviations used:

απ. λεγ.
απαξ. λεγόμενον.
cp.
compare.
defect.
defective.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
S.
Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Gh.
Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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