Hnissa
Old Norse Dictionary - hnissa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnissa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnissa
- u, f. [cp. Gr. κνισα], steam or smell from cooking, esp. an ill flavour. hnissu-bragð, n. disflavour.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- esp.
- especially.
- f.
- feminine.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- n.
- neuter.