Önd
Old Icelandic Dictionary - öndMeaning of Old Icelandic word "önd" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
önd Old Icelandic word can mean:
- önd
- I)
- önd
- f. porch, = anddyri.
- önd
- II)
- önd
- (gen. andar, pl. endr and andir), f. duck (fundu þeir þar andir margar; endr ok elptr).
- önd
- III)
- önd
- (gen. andar, dat. önd and öndu; pl. andir), f.
- önd
- 1) breath; draga öndina, to draw breath; verpa, varpa öndu, to draw a sigh;
- önd
- 2) breath, life; týna öndu, to lose breath, die; fara öndu e-s, to put to death;
- önd
- 3) soul; fela guði ~ sína á hendi, to give over one’s soul into God’s hands.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- dat.
- dative.
- e-s
- einhvers.
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