Vinr

Old Norse Dictionary - vinr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vinr" in English.

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

vinr Old Norse word can mean:

vinr: m., gen. vinar; dat. vin, Hm. 41, 42 (seldom vini); pl. vinir, acc. vini, 24 (vinu, Hkr. i. 183, in a verse, cannot be an acc. from vinr). As in sonr (q. v.) the nominative r is freq. dropped, and vinr and vin are both in old and mod. writers and speech used promiscuously: [in A. S. wine; Dan. ven; Swed. vän; vinr is ‘par excellence’ a Scandinavian word, frændi being used only in the sense of a kinsman; vinr is akin to vin, f., referring to a lost root verb vinan, van, vunun, to which also belongs the verb una, q. v.; analogous to vin and vinr are the Lat. amicus and amoenus.]

vinr: B. USAGES.—A friend, prop. an ‘agreeable man;’ vin sínum skal maðr vinr vera, þeim ok þess vin, en óvinar síns skyli engi maðr, vinar vinr vera, Hm. 42; til ílls vinar, til góðs vinar, 33; með íllum vinum, 50; vápnum ok váðum skulu vinir gleðjask, 40; til góðs vinar liggja gagn-vegir þótt hann sé firr farinn, 33; ek vil vera vin þeirra, Nj. 5; Guðs vin, BlaS. 49; hann var vinr Otkels, Nj. 73; hann gaf Frey vin sínum þann hest hálfan, Hrafn. 5; vinar míns, Ad. 16; tryggr vinr minn, 10; vinr þjóðans, 11; þinn vin fullkominn, Fær. 132; mesti vin beggja, FmS. i. 12; leyniligr vin, BS. i. 760; segjanda er allt vin sínum, Eg.; era sá vinr öðrum er vilt eitt segir, Hm.; í þörf skal vinar neyta, a friend in need is a friend indeed, FmS. viii. 399; hverr á sér vin með úvinum, every man has a friend among foes, FS. 96; en þá var sem mælt, at hverr á vin með óvimim, Ó. H. 62; missa (or sakna, FaS. ii. 179) vinar í stað, to ‘miss a friend’ = the bird is flown, Grett. 139; þegnar gripu þá í tómt þóttusk vinar missa, in a ditty; vera e-m í vinar húsi, t o 6 e one’s friend; þat mun ek kjósa, at þú sér mér í vina húsi, Sturl. i. 96; göra vina skipti, to change friends, ii. 142; Freyr lítr eigi vinar augum til þín, FmS. ii. 74; Hrungnir sér eigi vinar augum til Þórs, Edda 5; ást-vinr, lang-vinr, alda-vinr, trygg-vinr, ú-vinr (or óvinr), qq. v.: in. the saying, vera vinr vina sinna, to be the friend of one’s own friends, of one whose sympathies are narrow, with a notion of self-willed, fanciful friendship; e. g. hann er ekki allra vinr, en hann er vinr vina sinna; vinr em ek vinar míns, en geld ek þat er ílla er til mín gört, Nj. 128.

vinr: COMPDS: vinaboð, vinafundr, vinastyrkr, vinavandr, vinaveizla.

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

Abbreviations used:

acc.: accusative.

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

Dan.: Danish.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

gen.: genitive.

l.: line.

Lat.: Latin.

m.: masculine.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

pl.: plural.

q. v.: quod vide.

S.: Saga.

Swed.: Swedish.

v.: vide.

e. g.: exempli gratia.

prop.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

Hm.: Hává-mál. (A. I.)

Ad.: Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)

Blas.: Blasius Saga. (F. III.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

Fær.: Færeyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Grett.: Grettis Saga. (D. II.)

Hrafn.: Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)

Nj.: Njála. (D. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sturl.: Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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