Hnúðr
Old Norse Dictionary - hnúðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnúðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnúðr
- m. [akin to hnyðja; Ulf. hnuþo = σκόλοψ], a knob, ball; borgarmenn veltu á þá steinum ok hnúðum, Róm. 277; ‘saxa et sudes’ of Sallust, B. J. ch. 57: staf-hnúðr, a knob at the end of a stick, a hump, whence hnúðr-bakaðr, adj. hump-backed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- ch.
- chapter.
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
Works & Authors cited:
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)