Munda

Old Norse Dictionary - munda

Meaning of Old Norse word "munda" in English.

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

munda Old Norse word can mean:

munda: að, [prob. from mund, n.], to aim, point with a weapon; hann mundar til höfuðs á Gesti, Ísl. ii. 305; mun hann ekki lengi m. atgeirinum ef hann er reiðr, Nj. 78; mundum æ fram, keep the spears in rest, Fagrsk. 138 (munim, Mork. l. c.); ef maðr mundar til manns ok stöðvar sjálfr ok varðar fjörbaugsgarð, Grág. ii. 131.

munda: II. recipr. to point at one another with a weapon; ek veit beggja ykkar skaplyndi, þitt ok jarls, at þit monut skamma stund mundask til, Ó. H. 94; ok munduðusk þeir at um stund, Fms. viii. 388, v. l.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

l. c.: loco citato.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

prob.: probably.

pr.: proper, properly.

recipr.: reciprocally.

v.: vide.

v. l.: varia lectio.

Works & Authors cited:

Fagrsk.: Fagrskinna. (K. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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