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hreysi

hreysi

Icelandic

Noun

hreysi n (genitive singular hreysis, nominative plural hreysi)

  1. a hovel, a shanty, a poor wretched cottage syn.

Declension

Synonyms


Old Norse

Noun

hreysi n

  1. a cairn
  2. a pile or heap of stones (synonymous with the Icelandic urð)
  3. a cave or den

Derived terms

  • hreysikǫttr (wild cat)
  • hreysivísla (weasel)
  • skríða í hreysi (to slink into a den)

Descendants

Related terms

  • hreysar

References

  • hreysi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press