HRÍS

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

HRÍS

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 HRÍS

n. [A. S. hrîs; Old Engl. ris or rys (Chaucer); Dan. riis; Swed. ris; Germ. reis]:—a collective noun, shrubs, brushwood; hrís ok hátt gras, Hm. 120; smá hris ok þá enn holt, Fms. vi. 334 (v. l.), vii. 31, Eg. 220; hann fannsk í hrísum nokkurum, Fms. vii. 31, 68, Fs. 155; hörfuðu þeir þannig um hrísin, Sturl. i. 150: fagots, Ld. 214, 216, Rm. 9; til hrísa ok haga, Jm. 7; brjóta hrís, to break fagots, D. N. i. 215: so in the phrase, brjóta hrís í hæla e-m, to break fagots on another’s heels, give him a thrashing, Fms. vi. 339 (in a verse): rífa hrís, to make fagots: the saying, þjökkva skal hræsinn við (nið?) með hrísi, Sighvat, is dubious, perh. við = nið, i. e. a proud son wants the rod, cp. Prov. xiii. 24.

2 HRÍS

II. local names, Hrísar, Hrís-hóll, etc., Landn.

3 HRÍS

COMPDS: hrísbítr, hrísbrot, hrísbyrðr, hrísfleki, hríshögg, hrískjörr, hrísmagi, hrísrif, hrísrunnr.

Runic Inscription

ᚼᚱᛁᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
Dan
Danish.
Dan.
Danish.
Engl
English.
Engl.
English.
etc.
et cetera.
Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
p.
page.
perh.
perhaps.
S.
South, Southern.
Swed
Swedish.
Swed.
Swedish.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

D. N.
Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Hm.
Hává-mál. (A. I.)
Jm.
Jóns-máldagi. (J. I.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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