Fránn

Old Norse Dictionary - fránn

Meaning of Old Norse word "fránn" in English.

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

fránn Old Norse word can mean:

fránn: adj. gleaming, flashing, acc. fránan, Fm. 32: the word seems akin to frár; only used in poetry as an epithet of serpents, and metaph. of swords and sharp weapons; fránn naðr, Vsp. 65; f. ormr, Vkv. 16; fránn dreki, frán egg, Lex. Poët. passim: of the eyes, flashing, id. Eggert uses it of a cloud gilded by the sun, sólin brauzt fram ór fránu skýi, Bb. 2. 33. POËT.

fránn: COMPDS: fráneygr, fránleitr.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

adj.: adjective.

f.: feminine.

id.: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation

m.: masculine.

metaph.: metaphorical, metaphorically.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bb.: Búnaðar-bálkr.

Fm.: Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)

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

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

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