Hrjósa
Old Norse Dictionary - hrjósa
Meaning of Old Norse word "hrjósa"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- hrjósa
- hraus, hrusu. subj. hrysi, a defect. strong verb: [A. S. hreosan = to shake; Ivar Aasen rysja; Swed. rysa; akin to hrista, q. v.]:—to shudder; ok hraus þeim mjök hugr við hánum, Grett. 78 new Ed.; ávallt hrýs mér hugr við er ek sé þik, Krók. 7 new Ed. (1866).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚱᛁᚢᛋᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- defect.
- defective.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- subj.
- subjunctive.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Krók.
- Króka Refs Saga. (D. V.)