Hey

Meaning of Old Norse word "hey"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word hey can mean:hey

hey

n., old gen. heyvi, also spelt heyfi, mod. heyi; e. g. heyvi, Grág. i. 438; heyfi, Eb. 94 new Ed. note, and passim; but heyi, SkS. 416, and so in mod. usage; gen. pl. heyja; [Goth. havi = χόρτος; A. S. hêg; Engl. hay; Hel. houwe; O. H. G. hawi; Germ. heu; Swed.-Dan. hö; Norse höy, Ivar Aasen; akin to höggva, Germ. hauen; thus hey prop. means cut grass]:—hay; mat eðr hey, hey ok matr, Nj. 73, Grág. i. 195, 438, ii. 277, Ísl. ii. 137, SkS. 416, Lv. 18 passim: also used in plur., stores of hay, fodder; beita upp engjum ok heyjum, FmS. vi. 104; gáðu þeir eigi fyrir veiðum at fá heyjanna, Landn. 30; hann hefir rænt mik öllum heyjum, Ísl. ii. 140; hann hefir eingin hey til sölu, 138; en hey fásk lítil, 132: Icel. say, slá, raka, þurka, rifja, sæta, hirða, binda hey, to mow, rake, dry, turn, cock, get in, bind the hay.

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COMPDS: heyannir, heyband, heybjörg, heybruni, heydeild, heydes, heyfang, heyfátt, heyfok, heygarðr, heygjald, heygjöf, heyhjálmr, heyhlað, heyhlass, heykleggi, heykostr, heylauss, heyleiga, heyleysi, heylítill, heymeiss, heynál, heyrán, heyreki, heyrúm, heysala, heyskapr, heyskipti, heysláttr, heysótt, heystakkr, heystakkgarðr, heystál, heytak, heyteigr, heytjúga, heytollr, heytópt, heyverð, heyverk, heyvöndull, heyþerrir, heyþrot, heyþroti, heyþurkr, heyönn.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚢ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements