Á-munr
Old Norse Dictionary - á-munrMeaning of Old Norse word "á-munr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
á-munr Old Norse word can mean:
- á-munr
- adj. [á- intens. and munr, mens], eager, only in poetry; á. augu, piercing, greedy eyes, Vkv. 16; and á. e-m, eager for revenge, in a bad sense, Hkv. 2. 9; the explanation given in Lex. Poët. and p. 43 is to be cancelled; the word means like, equal, resembling; ámun ero augu ormi þeim enum frána, the eyes are like the flashing serpent’s. Vkv. 16; ámunir ossum niðjum, like to our kinsmen, Hkv. 2. 9. This sense is clearly seen from an old Icel. hymn of the 17th century,—nyti eg ei náðar þinnar … yrði rás æfi minnar ámynt og skuggi rýr, but for thy grace the race of my life would be like a vain shadow, Hymn-book (1746, p. 448).
- á-munr
- COMPD: ámunsaurar.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅ-ᛘᚢᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- intens.
- intensive.
- l.
- line.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Vkv.
- Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
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