hringaná
Icelandic
Etymology
From hringar (“rings (jewellery)”) + Ná, an alternative spelling of Gná, the name of a Norse goddess.Jewellery is often utilized when creating kennings about women.
Only used in Jónas Hallgrímsson's poem Hættu að gráta hringaná, the title thus meaning "Don't cry, dear girl".
Noun
hringaná f
- (nonce word, poetic) a kenning referring to a woman