Hý-nótt

Old Norse Dictionary - hý-nótt

Meaning of Old Norse word "hý-nótt"

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

hý-nótt
f. [hjú], the ‘wedding-nights,’ i. e. the three nights either just before or rather just after the wedding (Skm. 42): that they were three is stated in Fas. i. 250 (in a verse), where hýjar-nætr = hýnætr seems to be the true reading; the same number is hinted at in the Skm. l. c.,—hve um þreyjak ‘þrjár.’ May not the Engl. honeymoon be derived from this old word, qs. hýnóttar mánuðr = the wedding-night month?

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.
English.
f.
feminine.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Skm.
Skírnis-mál. (A. I.)
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