Hjálp
Old Norse Dictionary - hjálp
Meaning of Old Norse word "hjálp"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hjálp can mean:hjálp
- hjálp
- f. (hjólp with umlaut, Fms. x. 397, 404), help (esp. in old writers in a stronger sense, saving, help, healing, see hjálpa), Clem. 58, Fms. vi. 106, Fb. i. 337, passim; so in Hm. 147; biðja e-n hjálpar, 200; veita e-m hjálpir, Rd. 309; hjálpar drykkr, a healing draught, Mar.: in plur., Fms. ii. 227, Og. 1: eccl. help, salvation, D. I. i. 231; hjálp ok heilsa, Fb. i. 404, D. I.I.)">Bs. i. 199; sálu-hjálp, ‘soul’s-help,’ salvation: in mod. usage, help in a general sense.
- hjálp
- COMPDS: hjálparfúss, hjálpargata, hjálparhönd, hjálparlauss, hjálparleysi, hjálparmaðr, hjálparráð, hjálpsmaðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛅᛚᛒ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- eccl.
- ecclesiastical.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Clem.
- Clements Saga. (F. III.)
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
- Og.
- Oddrúnar-grátr. (A. II.)
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)