Gvendr

Old Norse Dictionary - gvendr

Meaning of Old Norse word "gvendr" in English.

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

gvendr
or Gvöndr, m. a pet proper name from Guð-mundr: sanitary wells are in Icel. called Gvendar-brunnr, m., from bishop Gudmund’s consecrating wells, Bs. i. 450, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 27. Gvendar-ber, n., botan. equisetum arvense. Gvendar-grös, n., botan. a kind of weed.

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

Abbreviations used:

botan.
botanically.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.
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