Vönuðr

Old Norse Dictionary - vönuðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "vönuðr" (or vǫnuðr) in English.

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

vönuðr (vǫnuðr): m. a waner, diminisher; in vell-v., hodd-v., Lex. Poët.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vönuðr may be more accurately written as vǫnuðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

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

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