Fnýsa
Old Norse Dictionary - fnýsa
Meaning of Old Norse word "fnýsa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- fnýsa
- (and older form fnœsa, Fm. 18, Gkv. 1. 27; fnœstu, Þd. 5), t, [Swed. fnysa; Dan. fnyse]:—to sneeze, Lat. fremere: with dat., fnýsa eitri, to blow out poison, Fms. i. 160, Fm., Gkv., Þd. l. c.; fnýsa blóði, Hkr. i. 86 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚾᚢᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- l. c.
- loco citato.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Þd.
- Þórs-drápa. (A. I.)