hnúfa
sagnorð
sjá einnig hnúfa nafnorð, kvenkyn
a defect. strong verb, to chop off; áðr ek hnauf (MS. wrongly hnof) höfuð af Hniflungum, Gh. 12; a απ. λεγ. In old writers and in mod. usage this verb is obsolete, but it still survives in provincial Norse, where it belongs to the 3rd class of strong verbs, nuva, nauv, see Ivar Aasen’s Grammar (1864), p. 203, l. 2; cp. also the following word.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- defect.
- defective.
- MS.
- manuscript, manuscripts.
- απ. λεγ.
- απαξ. λεγόμενον.
- mod.
- modern.
- cp.
- compare.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Gh.
- Guðrúnar-hefna. (A. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.