Knauss
Old Norse Dictionary - knauss
Meaning of Old Norse word "knauss"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word knauss can mean:knauss
- knauss
- 1. m. a knoll, crag, D. n. v. 620; whence the mod. Dan. knös and bonde-knös = a ‘boor knoll,’ a boorish youth.
- knauss
- 2. m. a square clod of turf, Lat. caespes; cp. Dan. knös; the mod. Icel. form is hnauss, q. v.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᛅᚢᛋᛋ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Dan.
- Danish.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. N.
- Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)