Knauss

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1. m. a knoll, crag, D. N. v. 620; whence the mod. Dan. knös and bonde-knös = a ‘boor knoll,’ a boorish youth.

2. m. a square clod of turf, Lat. caespes; cp. Dan. knös; the mod. Icel. form is hnauss, q. v.

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Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

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