1 HAUSS
m. [cp. Dan. isse], the skull, cranium, Vþm. 21, Gm. 40, Grág. ii. 11, Fb. i. 235, ii. 79, Eg. 769, 770, Nj. 253, Landn. 51, passim.
2 HAUSS
COMPDS: hausakljúfr, hausamót, hausbrot, hausfastr, hausfilla, hauskúpa, hausskel, Hausaskeljastaðr.
3 HAUSS
II. the head, of beasts, fishes, þorsk-hauss, hross-h., hunds-h., nauts-h.; of men only as in contempt = blockhead.