HNOSS
nafnorðkvenkyn
f. [prob. from A. S. hnossian = to hammer, as smíð from smíða], a costly thing, esp. in plur. of a lady’s ornaments, Hkr. i. 16, Edda 21, Fms. xi. 428 (hnossa-smíði), Am. 53, Gh. 6, 18, Gkv. 2. 20, Harms. 40, Líknarb. 13, Orkn. 154 (in a verse): mythol. the goddess Hnoss, a daughter of Freyja and sister to Gersemi, Edda 21.
II. freq. in mod. usage, but usually neuter, and used in sing. as well as in plur.; himneskt miskunar hnoss, Pass. 36. 3; = N. T. βραβειον, einn er sá sem hnossið meðtekr, 1 Cor. ix. 24; eg skunda … eptir því hnossi, Phil. iii. 14; dýrðar-h., the prize of glory.
COMPDS: hnossfjöld, hnossgæti, hnossgætr.