Erendi
Old Icelandic Dictionary - erendiMeaning of Old Icelandic word "erendi" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
erendi Old Icelandic word can mean:
- erendi
- I)
- erendi
- (also erindi, etc.), n.
- erendi
- 1) errand, message, mission, business;
- erendi
- eiga ~ við e-n, hafa ~ til e-s, to have business with one;
- erendi
- reka ~, to do an errand;
- erendi
- þess ~s, to that purpose;
- erendi
- 2) the result of one’s errand or mission (þótti mönnum hans ~ lítit orðit);
- erendi
- ef ~t eyðist, if the errand turns to nought;
- erendi
- hefik erfiði ok ~, I have had toil but also gained my quest;
- erendi
- 3) ganga erenda (eyrna, ørna) sinna, to go to ease oneself;
- erendi
- 4) speech;
- erendi
- tala langt ~ ok snjallt, to make a long and eloquent speech.
- erendi
- II)
- erendi
- (from ‘ør’ and önd), n. see ørendi.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚱᛁᚾᛏᛁ
Abbreviations used:
- etc.
- et cetera.
- n.
- neuter.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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