Hræsni
Old Norse Dictionary - hræsniMeaning of Old Norse word "hræsni" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
hræsni Old Norse word can mean:
- hræsni
- f. [hrós], vanity, self-esteem, self-glorification, Stj. 644; sjálfhól ok h., Fms. ii. 267, Bs. ii. 16, Barl. 51, Róm. 267; göra e-t til hræsni, Fs. 88; fyrir tíma h., ‘pro vanâ humanae laudis jactantiâ,’ Hom. 22; always so in old writers, but at the time of the Reformation it assumed the sense of
- hræsni
- II. hypocrisy (ὑπόκρισις of the N. T.), and is constantly with its compds used so in the N. T., Vídal., Pass., etc.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛅᛋᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Works & Authors cited:
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.
- Vídal.
- Vídalíns-Postilla.