Hlýja
Old Norse Dictionary - hlýja
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlýja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlýja
- (mod. hlúa), pres. hlýr, pret. hløði (mod. hlúði), cp. tøði from týja; part. hlúð:—prop. to cover, shelter, with dat.; hlýrat henni börkr né barr, Hm. 49; to this belongs the poët. pret., serkir hløðut þeim = Homer’s οἱ ἤρκεσε θώρηξ, Il. xv. 529 (cp. οὐδ ἤ. θ., xiii. 371, gave them no shelter against the blow), Edda i. 418; in mod. usage, hlúa að e-m, to cover with clothes (Lat. fovere), to make one warm and snug; hér er sjór kallaðr hlér, þvíat hann hlýr allra minzt, Skálda 198; hlúðu að þér betr, þú hefr ekki hlúð vel að þér, thou art too thinly clad.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- part.
- participle.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- pres.
- present.
- pret.
- preterite.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)