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1 HRÍS
n.1) brushwood;2) faggots.* * *n. [A. S. hrîs; Old Engl. ris or rys (Chaucer); Dan. riis; Swed. ris; Germ. reis]:—a collective noun, shrubs, brushwood; hrís ok hátt gras, Hm. 120; smá hris ok þá enn holt, Fms. vi. 334 (v. l.), vii. 31, Eg. 220; hann fannsk í hrísum nokkurum, Fms. vii. 31, 68, Fs. 155; hörfuðu þeir þannig um hrísin, Sturl. i. 150: fagots, Ld. 214, 216, Rm. 9; til hrísa ok haga, Jm. 7; brjóta hrís, to break fagots, D. N. i. 215: so in the phrase, brjóta hrís í hæla e-m, to break fagots on another’s heels, give him a thrashing, Fms. vi. 339 (in a verse): rífa hrís, to make fagots: the saying, þjökkva skal hræsinn við (nið?) með hrísi, Sighvat, is dubious, perh. við = nið, i. e. a proud son wants the rod, cp. Prov. xiii. 24.II. local names, Hrísar, Hrís-hóll, etc., Landn.COMPDS: hrísbítr, hrísbrot, hrísbyrðr, hrísfleki, hríshögg, hrískjörr, hrísmagi, hrísrif, hrísrunnr.
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