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.)