Hlynna
Old Norse Dictionary - hlynna
Meaning of Old Norse word "hlynna"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hlynna
- t, [hlunnr], prop. ‘to launch,’ but only used metaph. to help a person on; h. fyrir e-m, Fms. viii. 239, v. l.: very freq. in mod. usage, h. að e-u, to cherish, foster, and of persons to nourish.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛚᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- l.
- line.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- mod.
- modern.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)