Nunna
Old Norse Dictionary - nunnaMeaning of Old Norse word "nunna" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- nunna
- að (?), [akin to nenna (q. v.), referring to a lost strong verb, ninna, nann, nunninn]:—to do, pursue; oss nunnask skil (thus, not numnast), our subject is pursued, i. e. our song proceeds, Fms. ii. 289 (in a verse, Hkr., O. T. ch. 97): freq. in later poets, at læra þetta ok kunna, ok ekki annað nunna, to learn this and know, and study nothing but that, Vísna-bók, Ed. 1612, Hugvekju Sálm. 15. 4, 42. 3, see Nj. the Lat. Ed. p. 247, in the foot-note a.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᚢᚾᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- i. e.
- id est.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)