Hvass
Old Norse Dictionary - hvass
Meaning of Old Norse word "hvass"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word hvass can mean:hvass
- hvass
- adj., hvöss, hvasst, gen. pl. hvassa, Sdm. 20; [the Goth. form is supposed to be hwass, cp. hivassaba, Tit. i. 13, and hwassei = ἀποτομία, Rom. xi. 22; cp. hvessa, hvetja, hvatr, as well as O. H. G. hwassi, which seem to be kindred words]:—pointed, tapering; hvass hjálmr eða kuml, SkS. 167; hvasst niðr sem hæll, id.; með hvössu enni, 170; hvöss vörr, Sturl. ii. (in a verse); hvass hringr, Fms. v. 343; hvass þyrnir, sharp thorns.
- hvass
- 2. sharp, keen, whetted, of edged tools; öngull sá enn hvassi, Niðrst. 3; hvasst vápn, Grett. 137; hvassan kníf, 91; hvasst sverð, Barl. 155; h. hjörr, Fm. 6; odd-hvass, pointed; egg-hvass, q. v.
- hvass
- II. metaph. of intellect, keen; hvasst næmi, BS. i. 235; hvass í skilningi, 681; hvass í hugskoti. Hom.; hygginn ok hvass, id.
- hvass
- 2. of the eyes or sight; hvöss augu, SkS. 170, Skáld 160, Ó. H. 109, Hkv. 2. 2; hvöss sjón, a keen sight; hvassar sjónir, piercing eyes, Sighvat; hvassir geislar, sharp beams of light, MS. 732. 17.
- hvass
- 3. sharp, acute; hvöss hljóðs grein, a sharp sound, Skálda 175, 179; hvasst hljóð, 160, 169; hvöss samstafa, 175.
- hvass
- 4. of wind, sharp, fresh; hvasst veðr, Eg. 99; veðr var miklu hvassara, 196; hvöss sunnan veðr, Fms. v.i. 310; hvasst andviðri, Eg. 87; hvass byrr, FmS. i. 165; h. útnyrðingr, hann er hvass á sunnan, það er hvasst, hann (the wind) er hvass, etc., passim; hvassir straumar, SkS. 14 new Ed.: neut. hvasst, blowing hard; þeir höfðu hvasst mjök á firðinum, Háv. 26, 42 new Ed.: freq. in mod. usage, æði-hvass, blowing very hard; bál-hvass, blowing a gale (so as to lash the sea into tongues like flame).
- hvass
- 5. sharp fighting, Korm., Hkv. 2. 10, Lex. Poët.; hvassir menn, Fms. v. 137; kveðsk mundu fá honum annan hest, ef nokkurir væri hvassari en sjá, Rd. 298, of a horse.
- hvass
- 6. neut. precisely; ekki hvasst umhyggju-laust, Fms. v.. 204; þat verðr hvasst (precisely) tveir hlutir átjándu álnar, n. G. l. i. 78; þá taka hvárir eigi hvasst (not quite) sjau penninga, 107: in poets, ríða, ganga, sigla, líða, skjóta hvasst, to ride, walk, sail, shoot fast, Lex. Poët.; bita hvassara, to eat heartily, Þkv. 25.
- hvass
- 7. coarse; hvassar hosur, Karl. 363, (rare.)
- hvass
- COMPDS: hvasseygr, hvassfleygr, hvasskömbóttr, hvassleikr, hvassleitr, hvassliga, hvassligr, hvassnefjaðr, hvassoddaðr, hvassorðr, hvasstenntr, hvassviðri, hvassögnóttr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᚢᛅᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- cp.
- compare.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- pl.
- plural.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- S.
- Saga.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- mod.
- modern.
- neut.
- neuter.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Barl.
- Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
- Fm.
- Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
- Grett.
- Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Háv.
- Hávarðar Saga. (D. II.)
- Korm.
- Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Rd.
- Reykdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)