Unnr

Old Norse Dictionary - unnr

Meaning of Old Norse word "unnr" in English.

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

unnr Old Norse word can mean:

unnr: old form also uðr, Lex. poët. passim; [A. S. yð; Lat. unda]:—the waves, sea; svalar unnir, the cold waves, Vsp. 3, Gm. 7; hávar unnir, Skv. 2. 16; blár unnir, Sdm. 10; ormr knýr unnir, Vsp. 50; hregg-blásin, sviðköld uðr, FmS. i. 165, iii. 27 (in a verse), freq. in poets, also in mod. usage: poët., unn-blakkr, -dýr, -skíð, -vigg, = a ship; unn-röðull, -eldr, -fúrr, -glóð, -sól, = gold; unn-heimr, ‘wave-home,’ i. e. the sea, Lex. poët.: in prose it is only used in unn-vörp, q. v.; unnar steinn, a sea-stone (a boulder on the beach by which the tides are noted?), Hkv. 2. 29 (an oath is sworn, at úrsvölum unnar steini); unnar hestr, a ‘wave-steed,’ i. e. a ship, Ísl. ii. (in a verse); unnar dagr, ‘wave-day,’ i. e. gold, Lex. poët.

unnr: II. one of the Nereïds or Ránar-dætr, Edda 101.

unnr: 2. the name of a woman, Unnr and Uðr, Landn., Ld.; and in compds, Stein-unn (Stein-uðr), Þór-unn, Ing-unn, Sæ-unn, Ljót-unn, (again, in the man’s name Auð-unn, the ‘unn’ is qS. ‘vini,’ A. S. wine): the names Unnr (Uðr) and Auðr interchange; thus is the queen Auðr djúpauðga in the Ld. called Unnr, in the Landn. Auðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

i. e.: id est.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

poët.: poetically.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

n.: neuter.

qs.: quasi.

Works & Authors cited:

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Gm.: Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)

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

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

Sdm.: Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)

Skv.: Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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