Hreysi
Old Norse Dictionary - hreysi
Meaning of Old Norse word "hreysi"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hreysi can mean:hreysi
- hreysi
- n. and hreysar, f. pl., Fms. v. 70, Jb. 211, n. G. l. i. 14, 431; [Ivar Aasen rös; cp. Dunmail Raise (i. e. Dunmail’s Cairn) in Westmoreland]:—a heap of stones (= Icel. urð), where wild beasts abide, Hým. 35; holt ok hreysar, Fms. v. 70; hölkn eða hreysar, Jb. 211; hangar eðr hreysar, n. G. l. i. 14, 431; þeir drógu í burt líkama hans ok reyrðu í hreysi nokkuru, Fms. v.i. 227; skríða í hreysi, to slink into a den, Hkv. 1. 33, Lv. 61; í hreysum eðr holum, Bárð. 168; liggja í hreysum, Fms. v.. 425; þú liggr þá í hreysum eðr fylgsnum, viii. 157, Konr. 22.
- hreysi
- 2. in mod. usage = a poor wretched cottage, a hovel.
- hreysi
- COMPDS: hreysiköttr, hreysivísla.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚢᛋᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Konr.
- Konráðs Saga. (G. III.)
- Lv.
- Ljósvetninga Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)