Hrynja

Old Norse Dictionary - hrynja

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrynja" in English.

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

hrynja Old Norse word can mean:

hrynja: pres. hryn, pret. hrundi, part. hrunit:—to fall to ruin, tumble down; björgin hrynja, Edda 41; veggrinn var hruninn (dilapidated), Fær. 111; veggrinn hrundi fyrir eldinum, Orkn. 350; hversu múrar hafa niðr hrunit, Karl. 130; grjót eða björg eða jörð hrynr, Skálda 169; þá munu þeir taka at segja fjöllunum, hrynið yfir oss, Luke xxiii. 30; og stjörnur himins hrundu á jörðina (better hröpuðu), Rev. vi. 13, cp. Matth. vii. 25, 27, where hrundi would be the right word, although féll is here used in the Icel. version.

hrynja: II. metaph. to stream, float; of garments, jafnskjótt sem klæðit hrundi ofan um hann, Orkn. 182; látum und hánum hrynja lukla, Vkv. 16, 19: of fluids, to stream, pour down, ok er þeir vóru í brjósti hennar (of a wave), þá hrundi hón öll, Bs. i. 484; hrynja hafbárur, Fas. ii. 75 (in a verse): of blood, tears, water, hrynr blóðit ofan á kápu-skautið, Háv. 45; hvat berr nú þat við, faðir minn, at þér hrynja tár? Ld. 132, cp. the verse in Gísl. 2; sem regn það hraðast hrundi, himins í dimmu skúr (of rain), Pass. 23. 3: of floating hair, Edda ii. 500 (in a verse): of a song, hrynjandi háttr, a streaming, flowing metre, = hrynhenda, Edda (Ht.) 136.

hrynja: 2. of doors; hrynja á hæla e-m, to be shut on one’s heels, of one who is turned out of doors, Skv. 3. 66, (in prose, skella á hæla e-m.)

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

l.: line.

n.: neuter.

part.: participle.

pres.: present.

pret.: preterite.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Karl.: Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Skálda: Skálda. (H. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Gísl.: Gísla Saga. (D. II.)

Háv.: Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)

Ht.: Hátta-tal. (C. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Pass.: Passiu-Sálmar.

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

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