Gnýr
Old Norse Dictionary - gnýr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnýr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gnýr
- m. a clash, din, as of wind, waves, weapons, etc., Nj. 272, Edda 41, Mag. 6, Skálda 169, Fms. vi. 156, x. 264, Sl. 57: esp. freq. in poët. compds referring to the din of war, Lex. poët.: metaph., gnýr ok ótti, alarm and fright, Niðrst. 5.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᚢᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Sl.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)