Hnoðri

Old Norse Dictionary - hnoðri

Meaning of Old Norse word "hnoðri"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

hnoðri
a, m. a fleece or flock of wool; ullar-h., freq.: metaph., ský-h., a fleecy cloud, boding a rising gale: botan., hellu-h., see hella.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚦᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

botan.
botanically.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.

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