Pund

Old Norse Dictionary - pund

Meaning of Old Norse word "pund" in English.

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

pund Old Norse word can mean:

pund: n. [Engl. pound; Germ. pfund; Lat. pondo]:—a pound, of a pound = 24 marks or 12lbs.; þriggja punda smjör, þeirra at fjórar merkr ok tuttugu göri hvert pund, Gþl. 524; þrir laupar þriggja punda smjörs, 100; engi maðr kunni marka tal ok varla punda tal. Fms. xi. 202; pund matar eðr eyrir vaðmáls, Vm. 147; ek orka tólf punda þunga, Bær. 18.

pund: 2. skip-pund, Dan. skibpund; pund ok nant, Fms. viii. 395; leiga tveggja punda far, Jb. 393.

pund: 3. as a rendering of the Gr.-Lat. talentum, Stj. 151, 570, n. T.; pund þat er Guð seldi mér, Eluc. 1, Stj. 151; at þessi falli ekki fyrir sína pund-tekju, Stj. 151.

pund: 4. in mod. usage pund is = two merkr = a lisb.

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

Abbreviations used:

Engl.: English.

Germ.: German.

gl.: glossary.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Dan.: Danish.

Gr.: Greek.

mod.: modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Bær.: Bærings Saga. (G. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gþl.: Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)

Vm.: Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)

Jb.: Jóns-bók. (B. III.)

Eluc.: Elucidarium. (F. II.)

N. T.: New Testament.

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

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