Önd

Old Norwegian Dictionary - önd

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "önd" (or ǫnd) in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

önd (ǫnd)
önd, f. (G. andar, N. Pl. endr & andir)And, lat. anas; fundu þeir þar andirmargar ok kölluðu Andakíl EG. 28(5713); þar váru - trönur ok gæss,hœns ok páfuglar pipraðir, endr okelptr ok allskyns villifygli Klm. 47223;þá sá hann hvar flaug mikill fjöldianda, ok eptir einn valr ok hafði lostiteina öndina svá at hón féll á jörðRidd. 3812 fg.

Part of speech: f

Orthography: Johan Fritzner's dictionary used the letter ö to represent the original Old Norwegian (or Old Norse) vowel ǫ. Therefore, önd may be more accurately written as ǫnd.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚯᚿᚦ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

f.
Feminin.
fg.
følgende.
G.
Genitiv.
lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.
Pl.
Pluralis.

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