Hrinda

Old Norse Dictionary - hrinda

Meaning of Old Norse word "hrinda"

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

Old Norse word hrinda can mean:hrinda

hrinda
pres. hrind; pret. hratt, 2nd pers. hratt, mod. hrazt, hraztu, Ó. H. (in a verse); pl. hrundu; subj. hryndi; imperat. hrind, hritt’, and hrittú, Fsm. 43; part. hrundinn; in mod. usage pres. weak hrindi, and even a pret. hrinti is in use: [A. S. hrindan]:—to push, kick, throw, with dat.; ef hann hrindr manni í eld, Grág. ii. 129; Þorkell hratt Knúti af baki, Fb. ii. 23; hann hratt hestinum í vök eina, FmS. i. 211, Nj. 91; skaut hann við honum hendi ok hratt honum, FmS. vi. 6; þá höfðu þeir út hrundit skipunum, Hkr. i. 153; h. skipi fram or í vatn, to launch a ship, Eg. 142, Nj. 18, FmS. i. 58, Ó. H. 109, FaS. iii. 40; var þá hrundit bátnum, the ship’s boat was put out or off, Grett. 95; h. e-m í eld, to kick him into the fire, Akv. 20; h. hurð, to push the door open, Eg. 560; h. á hurð, Fsm. 43; h. í myrkva-stofu, to cast into prison, Post. 656 C. 33; h. á braut, to drive away, FmS. ix. 380; brot hrundinn or sæti, SkS. 623; hratt (threw) á völl brynju, Hkm. 4; að þeir hryndi honum þar af fram, Luke iv. 29.
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II. metaph., er hann fékk öndinni frá sér hrundit, when he could draw his breath, Eg. 553; þeir hrundu frá honum (kicked away from him) því fólki flestu er þá var með honum, BS. i. 554; þat hrindr eitri ór, 655 xxx. 12:—phrases, h. harmi, to cast off one’s grief, FmS. vii. 153; h. ugg ok ótta, vi. 63; hrindum þessu af oss ok verum kátir, let us throw this off and be glad! 127; h. íllu ráði, Merl. 1. 64; h. e-u af e-m, to defend one from one, FmS. v. 113; hann hratt þeim úfriði af sér, Ó. H. 34; til pess at h. þessu ríki af landsmönnum, 232; h. máli, to throw a case back, make it void, Landn. 89; hefir þú drengiliga hrundit þessu máli, i. e. thou hast cleared thyself of it, Fb. ii. 195; at ek gæta þessu íllmæli sem skjótast rutt ok hrundit, FmS. iv. 310; eins þeirra vitni skyldi h. tíu Norðmanna, x. 398; villa aptr hrundin, Anecd. 104: absol. or impers., hratt stundum fyrir en stundum frá, the clouds were drifting off and on, so that the moon was hidden one moment and seen the next, Grett. 114.
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III. reflex. and recipr. hrindask, to push, kick one another, Grág. ii. 96: part., grund grapi hrundin, the storm-beaten earth, Haustl.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
dat.
dative.
imperat.
imperative.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.
part.
participle.
pers.
person.
pl.
plural.
pres.
present.
pret.
preterite.
S.
Saga.
subj.
subjunctive.
v.
vide.
absol.
absolute, absolutely.
i. e.
id est.
impers.
impersonal.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
n.
neuter.
s. v.
sub voce.
pr.
proper, properly.
recipr.
reciprocally.
reflex.
retlexive.

Works & Authors cited:

Akv.
Atla-kviða. (A. II.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fsm.
Fjölsvinns-mál. (A. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Hkm.
Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Anecd.
Anecdoton. (H. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Merl.
Merlinus Spa. (A. III.)
Haustl.
Haustlöng. (A. I.)
➞ See all works cited in the dictionary

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