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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