Hani
Old Norse Dictionary - hani
Meaning of Old Norse word "hani"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hani can mean:hani
- hani
- a, m. [Ulf. hana; A. S. hana; Engl. hen; Hel. hano; Germ. hahn; Dan. and Swed. hane; cp. Lat. cano]:—a cock, FmS. v. 193, 194, Vsp. 34, 35, passim; veðr-hani or vind-hani, a weathercock; Oðins-hani, a kind of sandpiper, tringa minima; Þórs-hani; Óðinshani and Þórshani are distinguished, Þjóðólfr, May 15, 1869, p. 124.
- hani
- 2. as a nickname, FmS. xii, Fb. iii, Landn.; whence in local names, Hana-tún, Hana-fótr, etc., Landn.
- hani
- COMPDS: hanagal, hanagalan, hanaótta.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛅᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- etc.
- et cetera.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)