Hyrr

Old Norse Dictionary - hyrr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hyrr" in English.

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

hyrr: m., gen. hyrjar, [cp. Ulf. hauri = embers, John xviii. 18, Rom. xii. 20]:—embers of fire, but only in poetry, Vþm. 31, Hdl. 45, Ýt. 20, Haustl. 14, Vellekla, passim, as also in a great many compds denoting weapons (= the fire of the battle or of Odin), or gold (= the fire of the sea), see Lex. Poët. pp. 431–433. Hyrr-okin, the name of a giantess, from hyrr, and rokinn from rjúka, Edda.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.: compare.

f.: feminine.

gen.: genitive.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Hdl.: Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Vþm.: Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)

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