HLENNI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HLENNI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HLENNI

a, m. [cp. Ulf. hlifan = κλέπτειν, hliftus = κλέπτης; perh. also Scot. to lift, = to steal cattle, belongs to this root, and is not the same as lift = tollere]:—a thief; hlennar ok hvinnar, thieves and pilferers, Sighvat: a king is in poetry called the foe and destroyer of hlennar, hlenna dólgr, etc., see Lex. Poët.

2 HLENNI

II. a pr. name, Landn.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᛚᛁᚾᚾᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
etc.: et cetera.
f.: feminine.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
perh.: perhaps.
pr.: proper.
Scot.: Scottish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.

Works & Authors

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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