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hraun

nafnorðhvorugkyn
[akin to hruni, hrjóna, and hrynja (), and thus from a lost strong verb jó, au, u; hrjúfr, hrúðr, hreysi, hrjóstr () seem all to be akin]:— a rough place, a wilderness, and is used so by Norse writers and in the oldest poems: in Norse local names, Raunen, bare rocks in the sea, as to hólmr, a grassy islet, Fritzner : a giant is in poetry called hraun-búi, -drengr, -hvalr, -skjöldungr, = the dweller, hero, whale, king of the wilderness, , , , ii. 306.
B. In volcanic Iceland the word came to mean a lava field when cold, a burnt place (not the fresh glowing lava), in the Sagas as well as in usage, 36, 52, 248, ii. 282, 280, 26, 132–138, i. 540; um hvat reiddusk goðin, er hér brann hraunit er nú stöndum vér á ( i. 22), the famous words of Snorri in the parliament of 1000; the place of the alþingi being a burnt out lava field.
II. in local names , Hraun, Hraun-dalr, -fjörðr, -gerði, -holt, -höfn, , : in relation to fields of lava, Borgar-hraun, id.; Berserkja-hraun, ; Beruvíkr-hraun, ; Staðar-hraun in Mýra-sýsla; Garða-hraun near Reykjavík, : Ódáða-hraun, the wilderness in the inner part of (see ), which was supposed to be peopled by miscreants and outlaws.
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2. as appell., hraun-gata, u, a path through a hraun, 36, Pr. 411. hraun-gjóta, u, a lava pit or hole. hraun-grýti, lava rocks. hraun-klettr, a lava crag, 127. hraun-skeggi, a, a hraun dweller, 155; eyjarskeggi.☞ The whole of may be said to be a burnt out lava field, from eruptions previous to the peopling of the country. The following eruptions which have happened since the settlement, beside those of Hekla (), are mentioned in writers previous to 1430:—an eruption in Borgar-hraun in Mýra-sýsla about the beginning of the 10th century, 2. 5; in Ölfus 1000, 11; in the sea about Reykjanes 1211, 1226, 1238, 1240, 1422, s.a.: but in the southern glaciers in Trölla-dingjur 1151, 1188; in Sólheima-jökull 1245, 1262; in Síða 1332; in Hnappafells-jökull 1332, 1350; in Herðubreið 1340; in three places in Skaptafells-sýsla 1362,—the great eruption which destroyed the church in Rauðilækr; in Höfðár-jökull 1416, see Ísl. In later centuries the greatest eruptions are those of the Kötlu-gjá in 1755, and the terrible eruption of Skaptár-jökull on the 20th of June, 1783. In this century that of Eyjafjalla-jökull, 1821.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
  • n.hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
  • q. v.quod vide.
  • prop.proper, properly.
  • esp.especially.
  • opp.opposed.
  • s. v.sub voce.
  • freq.frequent, frequently.
  • mod.modern.
  • A. D.Anno Domini.
  • Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
  • etc.et cetera.
  • COMPDSsamsett orð (e. compounds)
  • f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
  • m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
  • cp.compare.
  • ch.chapter.
  • Hým.Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
  • Hkv. Hjörv.Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
  • Haustl.Haustlöng. (A. I.)
  • Fas.Fornaldar sögur. (C. II.)
  • Bjarn.Bjarnar saga. (D. II.)
  • Nj.Njála. (D. II.)
  • Grág.Grágás. (B. I.)
  • Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
  • Hrafn.Hrafnkels saga. (D. II.)
  • Eb.Eyrbyggja saga. (D. II.)
  • Bs.Biskupa sögur. (D. III.)
  • Ísl. Þjóðs.Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
  • Sks.Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
  • Fs.Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
  • Kristni S.Kristni saga. (D. I. III.)
  • Ann.Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)