Híra
Old Norse Dictionary - híra
Meaning of Old Norse word "híra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- híra
- ð, [hira, Ivar Aasen, statt ikje dar aa hir! and hiren = lazy]:—híra við, to stand idle, tarry, loiter, Grág. i. 6, 65; öllu var honum betra á Stað, heima að híra, Jón Arason: in mod. usage a reflex., hírast, to sit snug at home; það er og vel að þú hírist (hýrist is a wrong spelling) hér eptir þar sem þú ert nú kominn og etir þar og drekkir, Od. x. 270, 271; hinir hírðu við … ek hírumk hér hjá í yðvarri þjónustu, Vitae Patrum (Unger).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- mod.
- modern.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Od.
- Odysseifs-kvæði, prose, 1829.