HNJÓSAsagnorðhnýs, hnaus; the noun hnöri or hneri (q. v.) refers to a lost pret. hnöri, analogous to fröri from frjósa, köri from kjósa; [Germ. niesen; Dan. nyse; Swed. nysa]:—to sneeze, Orkn. 448, Hbl. 26: now obsolete in Icel., see hnerra.