Kunnigr

Old Norse Dictionary - kunnigr

Meaning of Old Norse word "kunnigr" in English.

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

kunnigr Old Norse word can mean:

kunnigr: adj., mod. kunnugr: I. [kunna],

kunnigr: 1. of a thing, known; göra kunnigt, to make known, Eg. 282; vera kunnigt, to be known, 36, 38; hinna fyrri biskupa sem lands-háttr var hér kunnigri, H. E. ii. 79; menn svá vitrir, ok kunnig lögin, to whom the law is so well known, Hkr. iii. 258; þér mun hér kunnigt um húsa-skipan, Eg. 235; var mér kunnigt um Brynjólf, enn kunnara um Bárð, 39; kunnigt er mér um hag ykkarn, Nj. 17; þat er yðr kunnigt, you know well, Fær. 138.

kunnigr: 2. wise, supernatural, in which sense it has the contr. forms kunngir etc.; Ása-fólk var svá kunnigt, at allir hlutir géngu at vilja þeirra, Edda (init.); Haraldr konungr bauð kunngum manni at fara í hamförum til Íslands, Hkr. i. 228; Simon Magus lastaði Petrum ok kvað hann vera kunngan mjök, Post. 656 C. 26; margar kunngar úvættir byggja land þat, Fms. xi. 182; fjöl-kunnigr, q. v.

kunnigr: 3. in mod. usage, knowing well, well acquainted, familiar; vel kunnugr, gagn-kunnugr, hund-kunnugr, intimately acquainted.

kunnigr: II. [kyn], high born; Ás kunnigan, Rm. 1; kunnigri kván Niðaðar, Vkv. 23: kindred, Ás-kunnigr, Goð-k., Álf-k., q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

mod.: modern.

contr.: contracted.

etc.: et cetera.

q. v.: quod vide.

v.: vide.

m.: masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

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

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

H. E.: Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Post.: Postula Sögur. (F. III.)

Rm.: Rígsmál. (A. II.)

Vkv.: Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)

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