Hnjósa

Old Norwegian Dictionary - hnjósa

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "hnjósa" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

hnjósa: hnjósa, v. (hnýs, hnaus) 1) nyse. Hárb.26; Flat. II, 5096. 2) blæse (med Næ- sen) til noget (við e-t) og derved tilkjende-give sit Misnøie, sin Foragt (mods. hlærhugr við); hnýss hann við prestrinn,segir villu ok vantrú at lofa slíkt, semeru vatnsvígslur hans (nl. Guðmundsbiskups) Bp. II, 18122; einn hræðiligrhellisskúti var þessa manns heimilisá, er mönnum mátti náliga njósahugr við (= lat. intuentibus plurimumhorroris incutiens) Heilag. II, 4349. -Jvf. eng. neese, sneeze, g.eng. fneosendvs. lat. sternuere Skeat 390 a. 568 b; E.Müller etym. Wörterbuch der eng. Spra- che II, 41833 fgg

Part of speech: v

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚼᚿᛁᚮᛋᛆ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

a.: accusativ.

eng.: engels.

f.: Feminin.

g.eng.: gammelengelsk.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

nl.: nemlig.

p.: Pagina, side.

s.: substantiv.

v.: Verbum.

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