Hnauss
Old Norse Dictionary - hnauss
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnauss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnauss
- m. a sod, a flag of turf, Lat. cespes; torf-hnauss, klumbu-h., snið-h.; the old true form is knauss, whence Dan. knös.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛅᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.