Hlenni
Old Norse Dictionary - hlenni
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlenni"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hlenni can mean:hlenni
- hlenni
- a, m. [cp. Ulf. hlifan = κλέπτειν, hliftus = κλέπτης; perh. also Scot. to lift, = to steal cattle, belongs to this root, and is not the same as lift = tollere]:—a thief; hlennar ok hvinnar, thieves and pilferers, Sighvat: a king is in poetry called the foe and destroyer of hlennar, hlenna dólgr, etc., see Lex. Poët.
- hlenni
- II. a pr. name, Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᛁᚾᚾᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- Scot.
- Scottish.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)