Sandr

Old Norse Dictionary - sandr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sandr" in English.

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

sandr Old Norse word can mean:

sandr: m. [common to all Teut. languages, except that Ulf. renders ἄμμος by malma]:—sand; sandr né sær, Vsp. 3; sandi orpinn, Grág. i. 354; sandi ausinn, Orkn. (in a verse); fúna í sandi, Ó. H. 229; Auðr var grafin í sand þar sem flæðr gékk yfir, FmS. i. 248: the phrase, kasta sandi í augu e-m, to throw dust in one’s eyes. Band. (in a verse):—the sea-shore, skip koma at sandi, Hkv. 1. 48; lítilla sanda, Hm.; á sandinum, fyrir sandi, reka upp í sand, and so on, freq. in old and mod. usage; fjöru-sandr, beach sand; ægi-sandr, q. v.:—also of the sand from volcanoes, eldr kom upp ór Heklu-felli … bar norðr yfir landit sand svá þykkvan … meðan niðr rigndi sandinum, … huldi svá alla jörðina af sandinum, annan dag eptir fauk svá sandrinn, at …, BS.i. 804, passim.

sandr: 2. in plur. sand-banks, sandy ground; eru þar smáir sandar allt með sjó, Eg. 141; sandar, öraefi ok brim, Hkr. i. 229; riðu þeir austr yfir sanda, Nj. 114; um sandana víða, FS. 157:—poët. the sea is called sand-himinn, sand-men, sand-heimr, Lex. poët.

sandr: II. freq. in local names, Sandr and Sandar, Sand-á, Sand-fell, Sand-nes, Sand-brekka, Sand-dalr, Sand-eyrr, Sand-gil, Sand-hólar, Sand-lækr, Sand-vík; whence Sand-fellingar, -víkingar, m. pl.the men from S.: Sandhóla-ferja, u, f. the ferry of S., Landn. ☞ Gen. sands and sanns (Lat. veri) are sounded alike, hence the pun or riddle, Mart er smátt í vetling manns, | gettu sanns (guess sand or guess right), þó þú verðir í allan dag þá geturð’ aldrei hanS.

sandr: B. COMPDS: sandbakki, sandbára, sandbrekka, sandfall, sandfönn, sandhaf, sandhafri, sandhóll, sandhverfa, sandklyptir, sandkorn, sandkváma, Sandleið, sandló, sandlægja, sandmelr, sandmigr, sandmöl, sandsíli, sandstör, sandsumar, sandtorfa, sandvíðir, sandþúfa.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

q. v.: quod vide.

Teut.: Teutonic.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

plur.: plural.

poët.: poetically.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

pl.: plural.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Band.: Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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