Hryðja

Old Norse Dictionary - hryðja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hryðja" in English.

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

hryðja
u, f. [hroði and hrjóða II], rough weather, sleet, tempest; mörg er hryðja mótlætis um aldr, Stef. Ól.: medic. fits of coughing with excretion, of a sick person: metaph. an outrage, foul deed, hryðju-verk, n. a foul, brutal deed, Fas. iii. 445.

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

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Abbreviations used:

f.
feminine.
l.
line.
medic.
medicine, medically.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Stef. Ól.
Stefán Ólafsson.
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