- gnýr
- gnu* * *I)(-s, -ir), m. clash, din.II) from gnúa.* * *m. a clash, din, as of wind, waves, weapons, etc., Nj. 272, Edda 41, Mag. 6, Skálda 169, Fms. vi. 156, x. 264, Sl. 57: esp. freq. in poët. compds referring to the din of war, Lex. Poët.: metaph., gnýr ok ótti, alarm and fright, Niðrst. 5.
An Icelandic-English dictionary. Richard Cleasby and Gudbrand Vigfusson. 1874.