Hlunnr
Old Norse Dictionary - hlunnr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlunnr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlunnr
- m. [Shetl. linn; cp. Engl. to launch, which is derived from the Scandin. word]:—a roller for launching ships, Edda 38, Fms. vii. 19, viii. 45: also of the pieces of wood put under the keel of ships when ashore (during the winter ships used to be dragged ashore, called ráða skipi til hlunns), Grág. i. 92, 209, n. G. l. i. 26, Eg. 515, Nj. 10, Lex. Poët. passim: in poetry a ship is called hlunn-dýr, -fákr, -goti, -jór, -vigg, -vitnir, -vísundr, = the deer, steed, bison of h., Lex. Poët.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚾᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)