HREYSI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HREYSI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HREYSI

n. and hreysar, f. pl., Fms. v. 70, Jb. 211, N. G. L. i. 14, 431; [Ivar Aasen rös; cp. Dunmail Raise (i. e. Dunmail’s Cairn) in Westmoreland]:—a heap of stones (= Icel. urð), where wild beasts abide, Hým. 35; holt ok hreysar, Fms. v. 70; hölkn eða hreysar, Jb. 211; hangar eðr hreysar, N. G. L. i. 14, 431; þeir drógu í burt líkama hans ok reyrðu í hreysi nokkuru, Fms. vii. 227; skríða í hreysi, to slink into a den, Hkv. 1. 33, Lv. 61; í hreysum eðr holum, Bárð. 168; liggja í hreysum, Fms. vi. 425; þú liggr þá í hreysum eðr fylgsnum, viii. 157, Konr. 22.

2 HREYSI

2. in mod. usage = a poor wretched cottage, a hovel.

3 HREYSI

COMPDS: hreysiköttr, hreysivísla.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᛁᚢᛋᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pl.: plural.
s. v.: sub verbo.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Bárð.: Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Hým.: Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
Konr.: Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
Lv.: Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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