Vendill

Old Norse Dictionary - vendill

Meaning of Old Norse word "vendill" in English.

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

vendill Old Norse word can mean:

vendill: (also Vandill), m. a pr. name, Rafn 178, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.

vendill: 2. Vandil, a local name, the northern part of Jutland in Denmark; á Vendli, Ýt. (whence prob. came the famous Vandals who conquered and sacked Rome, and who have left their name in Andal-usia in Spain); Vandils jörmungrund, the great land of Vandil = Jutland (?), on a Runic stone: Vendil-skagi, the Skaw or Skagerack, Knytl. S.

vendill: COMPDS: Vandilsbyggi, Vendilkráka.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

pr.: proper, properly.

prob.: probably.

S.: Saga.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

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

Knytl.: Knytlinga Saga. (E. I.)

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