Band

Old Norse Dictionary - band

Meaning of Old Norse word "band" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

band Old Norse word can mean:

band: n. pl. bönd, [binda; Ulf. bandi, f. δεσμός; O. H. G. pfand, whence the mod. Dan. pant; n. H. G. band; Engl. band and bond; Dan. baand.]

band: I. prop. in sing. any kind of band; mjótt band, a thin cord, Edda 20, Grág. ii. 119.

band: β. a yarn of wool, v. bandvetlingar.

band: γ. metaph. a bond, obligation; lausn ok b. allra vandamála, Fms. v. 248, Bs. i. 689.

band: II. in pl. also,

band: 1. bonds, fetters, Lat. vincula; í böndum, in vinculis, Bs. i. 190, Fms. ii. 87, 625. 95: theol., synda bönd, 656 A; líkams bönd, Blas. 40.

band: 2. a bond, confederacy; ganga í bönd ok eið, to enter into a bond and oath, Band. 22; cp. hjónaband, marriage; handaband, a shaking of hands, etc.

band: 3. poët. the gods, cp. hapt; of providence ruling and uniting the world, Hkm. 10; banda vé, the temples, Hkr. i. 204; at mun banda, at the will of the gods, 210; vera manu bönd í landi, the gods (i. e. lares tutelares) are present in the land, Bs. i. 10; gram reki bönd af löndum, Eg. (in a verse); blóta bönd, to worship the gods; vinr banda, the friend of the gods; bönd ollu því, the gods ruled it, Haustl.; vide Lex. poët., all the instances being taken from heathen poems. Egilsson suggests a reference to the imprisoning of the three gods, Odin, Hænir, and Loki, mentioned Edda 72; but bönd is that which binds, not is bound; (band means vinculum not vinctus.)

band: 4. metric. a kind of intricate intercalary burden (klofastef). This seems to be the meaning in the word Banda-drápa, where the burden consists of five intercalary lines occurring in sets of three verses | Dregr land at mun banda || Eiríkr und sik geira | veðrmildr ok semr hildi || gunnblíðr ok réð síðan | jarl goðvörðu hjarli; but as this metrical term is nowhere else recorded, the name of the poem may have come from the word ‘banda’ (gen. pl. deorum), Hkr. i. 210 sqq.

band: COMPDS: bandadagr, bandamenn, bandaríki, bandaþing.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

Dan.: Danish.

Engl.: English.

f.: feminine.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

N. H. G.: New High German.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

pl.: plural.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

prop.: proper, properly.

sing.: singular.

v.: vide.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

s. v.: sub voce.

Lat.: Latin.

theol.: theological, theologically.

cp.: compare.

etc.: et cetera.

i. e.: id est.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

gen.: genitive.

metric.: metrically.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Blas.: Blasius Saga. (F. III.)

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Haustl.: Haustlöng. (A. I.)

Hkm.: Hákonar-mál. (A. III.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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