hreysi

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Icelandic

Etymology

From the Old Norse hreysi (“a cairn; a pile of stones”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hreysi n (genitive singular hreysis, nominative plural hreysi)

  1. hovel, shanty; poor, wretched cottage

Declension

    Declension of hreysi
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hreysi hreysið hreysi hreysin
accusative hreysi hreysið hreysi hreysin
dative hreysi hreysinu hreysum hreysunum
genitive hreysis hreysisins hreysa hreysanna

Synonyms

Old Norse

Etymology

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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

Descendants

  • → English: raise
  • Icelandic: hreysi
  • Old Swedish: rø̄se

References

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