Vin
Old Norse Dictionary - vinMeaning of Old Norse word "vin" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vin Old Norse word can mean:
- vin
- f., gen. vinjar; [Ulf. winja = νομή, John x. 9; A. S. wine = a pasture; O. H. G. wini; see Grimm’s Gramm. ii. 55, 56]:—a meadow; nú görir hann sér hús ok hagi (perh. haga) ok vini (a house, a pasture, and a ‘vin’) þá skal biskup eigi taka hann ór setu sinni, n. G. L. i. 9: this ancient word also remains as appellative in vinjar-spann and vinjar-toddi, the technical name for an old Norse tax payable by every household, Ó. H. (see spann and toddi).
- vin
- II. freq. in Norse local names, Björg-vin, Sand-vin, Leik-vin, Horn-vin, Hellu-vin, Enda-vin, Skerf-vin, Töð-vin, Skað-vin, Dal-vin, Döl-vin, Vað-vin or Vöð-vin: usually altered into -yn, Björg-yn (-ynjar), Þópt-yn, Bambl-yn, Töð-yn: or -in, Leir-in, Ullar-in: or -ini, Vöð-ini, Döl-ini, Sköð-ini, Bónd-ini: lastly into -en, Berg-en: so also Skand-in qS. Skand-vin, cp. Scandinavia qS. Scand-in-avia. In IceL. these names are unknown,—shewing that as early as the time of settlement the word had fallen into disuse as an appellative, see Munch’s Norg. Beskr. (pref. xii, xiii).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- cp.
- compare.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- pref.
- preface.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)