Hnappr
Old Norse Dictionary - hnappr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnappr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hnappr can mean:hnappr
- hnappr
- m. [cp. Engl. nape; A. S. cnæp; Germ. knopf], a button; the older form is knappr, q. v.
- hnappr
- COMPDS: hnappagat, hnapprasS.
- hnappr
- II. a bevy, cluster, esp. of birds, sheep, as fjár-hnappr.
- hnappr
- COMPDS: hnappsitja, Hnappafell, Hnappfellingar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛅᛒᛒᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- esp.
- especially.
- pr.
- proper, properly.