hávaði

From Old Norse hávaði.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhauːva(ː)ðɪ/

hávaði m (genitive singular hávaða, nominative plural hávaðar)

1. noise, bedlam, commotion, clamour, din, hubbub, hullabaloo, racket, sound, tumult

   Synonyms: háreysti, hark, skark, skarkali

• hávaðamaður

• “hávaði” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

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hávaði m

1. noise, tumult
2. loud self-assertion
3. a noisy self-assertive man

   Synonym: hávaðamaðr

• hávaðamaðr
• hávaðamikill
• hávaðasamr

• Icelandic: hávaði

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “hávaði”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 188; also available at the Internet Archive