hræzla

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hræðsla

Etymology

From hræða (“to scare”) +‎ -sla.

Noun

hræzla f (genitive hræzlu)

1. dread, fear

   Synonym: ótti

Declension

Declension of hræzla (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hræzla	hræzlan	hræzlur	hræzlurnar
accusative	hræzlu	hræzluna	hræzlur	hræzlurnar
dative	hræzlu	hræzlunni	hræzlum	hræzlunum
genitive	hræzlu	hræzlunnar	hræzla	hræzlanna

Derived terms

• hræzlufullr (“in great fear”)
• hræzlugœði (“timidity”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hræðsla
• Norwegian Bokmål: redsel
• Norwegian Nynorsk: redsle
• Swedish: rädsla

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hræzla”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 212; also available at the Internet Archive