Hnjósa
Old Norse Dictionary - hnjósa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnjósa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnjósa
- a different word, to stumble, of a horse against a ‘hnauss’ (q. v.); hann hnýs um hverja þúfu, Snót 157; perh. akin to A. S. hnossian = tundere.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᛁᚢᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Snót
- Snót, poems.