hnerri
nafnorð, karlkyn
a, m. (older form hnöri or hneri, with a single r, Edda. ii. 430; hneyri, Thom. 308), a sneeze, Orkn. 448. A plague is said to have set in once upon a time with sneezing, therefore when a person sneezes an Icel. says, Guð hjálpi þér! cp. Germ. helf Gott! Engl. Bless you ! see Ísl. Þjóðs. i.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.
- compare.
- Germ.
- German.
- Engl.
- English.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga saga. (E. II.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar þjóðsögur.