Syndr

Old Norse Dictionary - syndr

Meaning of Old Norse word "syndr" in English.

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

syndr
adj., qs. symdr, svimdr, [from sund; symd, Ivar Aasen], able to swim, swimming; vera syndr, Fms. x. 66; s. vel, Fb. i. 368; s. sem selr, Nj. 29, passim.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
m.
masculine.
qs.
quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
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