Hnyssa
Old Norse Dictionary - hnyssa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hnyssa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hnyssa
- t, [hnoss], to wrap up, prop. to board; vilda ek, at þú græfir mik þá er ek em dauðr ok hnysstir svá um mik … nógliga skal ek at þér hnyssa (= Lat. te induam), … þá er heilagr faðir hafði að honum hnysst öllum-megin, Vitae Patrum (Unger); in mod. usage Icel. say, hnyssa að e-m, to wrap a person up and make him snug, e. g. of a person in bed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚾᚢᛋᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- mod.
- modern.
- prop.
- proper, properly.