Ör-endr

Old Norse Dictionary - ör-endr

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-endr" (or ǫr-endr) in English.

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

ör-endr (ǫr-endr): also spelt eyrendr, erendr, adj. = Lat. exanimis, ‘out of breath’ i. e. dead, having breathed one’s last; hón hné í fang bonda sínum ok var þá eyrend. Ísl. ii. 275; steypir honum örendum til jarðar, Al. 38; þrælar konungs vildu draga klæði af Sigurði, var hann eigi eyrindr, Fms. vii. 298; Þorleifr var eigi eyrendr, Fb. i. 414; drepa hann, ok var hann erendr er þeir Hlenni kómu, Glúm. 370; feilr konungrinn þegar á jörð niðr örendr, Fms. xi. 64; fann þá báða örenda, Landn. 235; örendr af sárum, 287; kómu þá upp hjá honum menninir flestir allir örendir, Bs. i. 355; vóiu þeir þá fallnir en ekki erendir, Fbr. 6l, 62 new Ed.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-endr may be more accurately written as ǫr-endr.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Al.: Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Fbr.: Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Glúm.: Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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