Grunnungr

Old Norse Dictionary - grunnungr

Meaning of Old Norse word "grunnungr" in English.

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

grunnungr
m. [Germ. gründling; Ivar Aasen grunnung; from grunnr]:—a groundling, a fish that lives in shoal water, Edda (Gl.); in mod. usage called þara-fiskr.

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.
German.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
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