Meaning of hríð | Babel Free

Definitions

1. storm, especially a snowstorm
   feminine
2. snowfall
   feminine
3. blizzard
   feminine
4. bad weather
   feminine
5. very (windy and) rainy weather
   feminine
6. an (attempted) attack
   archaic, feminine, obsolete
7. fight, conflict
   feminine
8. go, round, time, lot, batch (defined period of time)
   feminine
9. stomach of a (Greenland) shark
   feminine
10. an intensifier in compounds
    feminine
11. short bout of pain, especially labour pains
    feminine, in-plural

Examples

“grenjandi hríð”

a screaming blizzard

“stórhríð”

a whiteout

“Hríðinni létti upp.”

The blizzard let up.

“gera (harða) hríð að e-m”

attack smn (hard)

“nokkra/langa/litla/skamma hríð”

for some/a long/little/short time

“um hríð”

(for) a while

“nú um hríð”

for a short while

“í einni hríð”

in one go

“í hríðinni”

in one go

“hríðversna”

get very bad

“hríðhorast”

become gaunt

“hríðskjálfa”

tremble terribly

“hríðvaxandi”

rapidly growing

“hríðdraga fisk”

pull in one fish after the other

“fæðingarhríðir”

labor pains

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