HJÚFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HJÚFA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HJÚFA

or hjúfra, [Ulf. hiufan = θρηνειν, Matth. xi. 17, Luke vii. 32; A. S. heofjan; Hel. hiovan; O. H. G. hiufan; and no doubt also Engl. to heave = to pant, breathe with pain, which is not to be confounded with heave = to lift]:—to pant, heave, Gkv. 1. 1, 2. 11 (obsolete).

2 HJÚFA

II. in provincial Icel. to drizzle; and hjúfr-skúrir, f. pl. a drizzling shower, Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛁᚢᚠᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Hel.: Heliand.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
pl.: plural.
S.: South, Southern.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Gkv.: Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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