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.
- hrinda
- 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.
- hrinda
- 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.)