Vöndr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - vöndr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "vöndr" (or vǫndr) in Norwegian.

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

vöndr (vǫndr): vöndr, m. (G. vandar, n. Pl. vendir, A. Pl.vöndu) 1) Kjæp, mygt Skud (af vindajvf svigi); tams vendi ek þik drep, enek þik temja mun, mær! at mínummunum Skírn. 26; þeir snúa vönd íhár þeim víkingum Flat. I, 19712; rennrupp einn blómberandi vöndr - uppór legstaðnum Mar. 22224; eru þeirfleiri, er smá vöndu hljóta af mannvitskvistum heldr en stórar greinir Kgs.94; þeir láta bera fyrir sér fagranvönd af tré því er oliva heitir, þat varöruggt friðartákn í þann tíma Alex.5912; ef leiglendingr ferr af jörðu okhefir uppslitit stöðugarði, þá skal hannreiða vönd ok staura til garðs Frost.13, 212; hreinsa hveiti með vendi (jvfbarði hveiti af halmi Stj. 3808) Stj. 39725; sverðit beit eigi heldr en vendiberði um OHm. 9215; jvf gullvöndr,ríkisvöndr. 2) Stribe i Seil. SE. I,584; stafat segl með vendi, se under stafaðr.

Part of speech: m

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

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚠᚯᚿᚦᚱ
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:

G.: Genitiv.

lat.: latinsk.

m.: Masculin.

n.: Neutrum.

Pl.: Pluralis.

s.: substantiv.

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