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ONP: Dictionary of Old Norse Prose

Word

hnefi, knefi sb. m. [-a; -ar]

Status: excerpted citation slips citation text supplemented structured definitions in Danish definitions in English

I.

1) næve, knyttet hånd fist, clenched hand

 ● berjask með hnefum

 ● geta í hnefa

 ● hafa/... í hnefa sér [e-t]

2) [e-s] (som målangivelse) nævefuld (as a measurement) fistful, handful

3) brik i brætspil piece in a board game, playing piece

cf. Holtsmark 1957 [KLMN 2] 223-224

II. (cogn.)

Form.: hnefa (17); hnefann (8); knefum (4); hnefum (3); næffum (2); nefa (2); hnefanum (2); hnefi (2); neva (2); knefanum (1); knefana (1); hneffa (1); knefa (1); hnefvm (1); hnæva (1); hnæfa (1); hnefan (1); nefum (1); hnefar (1); gnefunum (1); hnefann ... hnefi (1); nefvm (1);

Gloss.: EJ item (knefi); ClV ¹,²hnefi; ClVAdd _; ClVErr _; ClVSuppl _; Suppl1 _; Suppl2; Finsen _; Fr item knefi; FrErr1 _; FrErr2 _; FrErr3 _; LLFrämm _; Hertzb (nefi); HertzbLat _; HertzbTill _; Suppl4 _; Fischer _; Anm _; Bin; Rím; LP ¹⁻⁴hnefi; Med; MedComp _; MedSimp _; WN _; AH _; AJ _; deVr ¹⁻³hnefi, knefi; Fr4 ¹⁻⁴hnefi, knefi; NO ¹,²hnefi, knefi; Walter _; ÁBlM ¹,²hnefi, ³Hnefi, knefi; Bl; WPA _; ; EDPG *hnefan-

Litt.: Clark 2007 [VMS 3] 26; Falk 1914 51; Falk 1919 52; Finnur Jónsson 1934-1935 [APS 9] 294; Holtsmark 1957 [KLNM 2] 224; Seip 1955 216, 229, 292; Sturtevant 1948 [SS 20] 139-141

Genre. (expected): religious works [rel]: 17 (14); romances [rom]: 10 (6); legal works [jur]: 9 (5); legendary sagas [fas]: 9 (2); family sagas [isl]: 3 (6); learned works [div]: 2 (2); contemporary sagas [bis]: 2 (4); charters [dip]: 2 (4); historical works [his]: 1 (9); unclassified [ ]: 0 (0); þættir [tot]: 0 (1);

ASK (red.) — November 2011

TW (eng. def.) — December 2025

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Lexicon Poeticum (2nd ed.)

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hnefalangr - hnepta
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DSL (experimental)

Searches Old Norse etymologies in ODS and Kalkar dictionaries based on data provided by Thomas Troelsgård from DSL’s digital resources in Nov. 2022. Old Norse homographs are not distinguished.

ODS: Næve (hnefi) ODS: Nævefuld (hnefi fullr)
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