Icelandic

Noun

hreysi n ‎(genitive singular hreysis, nominative plural hreysi)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• (shanty): kofi

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

• English: raise
• Icelandic: hreysi
• Swedish: röse

Related terms

• hreysar

References

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