Hí-býli
Old Norse Dictionary - hí-býli
Meaning of Old Norse word "hí-býli"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hí-býli can mean:hí-býli
- hí-býli
- n. pl., usually spelt thus or even híbíli (esp. in Cd. B. of SkS. 75, 96, 127 new Ed.); hýbýli, FmS. vii. 148, Fb. i. 254, ii. 238, 314, iii. 404; [the hí- answers to Germ. hei- in heirath; Ulf. heiv- in heivafrauja = a house-lady; A. S. hiwa; Engl. hive (in bee-hive); cp. O. H. G. hiwian and Hel. hiwa = a wife]:—a homestead, home; hús eru þrjú í hvers manns híbýlum, Grág. i. 459, ii. 196, 371; heima at híbýlum sínum, JS. 78; þar í hans híbýlum, Eg. 156, 194; ef þér eru hér kunnig híbýli, 236; í annarra manna híbýlum, Nj. 52; ganga um híbýli, to walk again, Landn. 107: allit., hús ok híbýli, house and home, SkS. 454: nú er par híbýlum á leið snúit, ok fara þeir til hvílu, Fb. iii. 404; þar vóru híbýli heldr dauflig eptir, Eb. 100 new Ed.
- hí-býli
- COMPDS: híbýlabót, híbýlabragr, híbýlabrestr, híbýlaháttr, híbýlaprúðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁ-ᛒᚢᛚᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Cd.
- Codex.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Hel.
- Heliand.
- l.
- line.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eb.
- Eyrbyggja Saga. (D. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Js.
- Járnsíða. (B. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)