Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Hurðar-áss

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 hurðar-áss

m. a ‘door-beam;’ hurðás or hurðásar were the roof-rafters nearest the door, where things (weapons, fish, meat) were hung up, almost answering to the rót or dyra-lopt in mod. Icel. dwellings, cp. Eg. 182, 183, Bs. i. 209, N. G. L. i. 349, 397: the phrase, reisa sér hurðarás um öxl, to carry the door-beam on one’s shoulder, to undertake a thing one is not equal to.

Similar Words

Runic Inscription

hurðar-áss

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "hurðar-áss" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
mod: modern.
mod.: modern.
p.: page.

Works & Authors

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

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