Híð
Old Norse Dictionary - híð
Meaning of Old Norse word "híð"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word híð can mean:híð
- híð
- n. [hi, Ivar Aasen], a lair, den, esp. of a bear, n. G. l. i. 45, 46, Grett. 100, Glúm. 330, Gþl. 444, Korm. (in a verse, of a sword’s sheath).
- híð
- COMPDS: híðbjörn, híðbyggvir.
- híð
- II. Híði, a, m. a pr. name, Fms. viii.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚦ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- esp.
- especially.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)