hræzla

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hræðsla === Etymology === From hræða (“to scare”) +‎ -sla. === Noun === hræzla f (genitive hræzlu) dread, fear Synonym: ótti ==== Declension ==== ==== 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