Vindr
Old Norse Dictionary - vindrMeaning of Old Norse word "vindr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
vindr Old Norse word can mean:
- vindr
- m. [Ulf. winds = ἄνεμος; A. S., Engl., and Germ. wind; O. H. G. wint; Lat. ventus]:—the wind, passim: the air, fram í loptið í vindinn, into the air, FmS. vi. 313; sem hann væði vind, 419; kasta e-u út í vind, Mar.; verpa orðum í vind, id.; láta e-t sem vind um eyrun þjóta (see eyra): allit., veðr ok vind, kvíða fyrir vind ok vatn, FmS. viii. 234; í vindi skal við höggva, Hm.; þokur miklar en vinda litla, Ld. 74; vindr hafði hlaupit milli, BS. i. 336; blés mikinn vind á ljósit en þat sloknaði, Bárð. 180; gékk vindr ór filnum, Al. 144; austan-v., vestan-v., sunnan-v., norðan-v. (but út-synningr, land-nyrðingr, etc., of the ‘middle-airts’).
- vindr
- B. COMPDS: vindauga, vindbelgr, vindblaka, vindblástr, vindblær, vindbylr, vindegg, vindfrosinn, vindfullr, vindsfullr, vindgangr, vindgluggr, vindsgnýr, vindgul, vindheimr, vindhjálmr, vindkaldr, vindker, vindlauss, Vindlér, vindlítill, Vindlóni, vindrúm, vindstæði, vindsvalr, vindþrotinn, vindþrútinn, vindþurr, vindæð, vindöLd.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛁᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- allit.
- alliteration, alliterative.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- lit.
- literally.
- m.
- masculine.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- S.
- Saga.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bárð.
- Bárðar Saga. (D. V.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Mar.
- Maríu Saga. (F. III.)