Und
Old Norse Dictionary - undMeaning of Old Norse word "und" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
und Old Norse word can mean:
- und
- 1. f. [Goth. wunds = wounded and wundufni = μάστιξ; A. S. wund; Engl. wound; O. H. G. wunta; Germ. wunde]:—a wound; undir svella, Skv. 3. 68; undir dreyrgar, 32; blóð hljóp ór undinni. e.. 216, Sæm. 179; taka vápnit ór undinni, Gísl. 22; hann beit yðr stóra und, FaS. ii. 378; tók at láta í undum þeim er vóru fyrir brjóstinu, Róm. 232; hol-und, merg-und. This word is little used in prose, having been superseded by the word sár, a sore: in poët. circumlocutions, unda-log, und-bál, und-leygr, wound-fire, i. e. weapons; und-bára, -gjálfr, -lögr, a wound-wave, i. e. blood; und-reyr, -fleinn, -linnr, = a wound-reed, wound-snake, a sword; und-gagl, a carrion bird, Lex. poët. unda-fífill, m., botan. hawkweed, hieracium.
- und
- 2. prep., see undir.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- botan.
- botanically.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Róm.
- Rómverja Saga. (E. II.)
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Sæm.
- Sæmundar Edda. (A, C. I.)
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