Öndverðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - öndverðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "öndverðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
öndverðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- öndverðr
- a.
- öndverðr
- 1) standing face to face (öndurðir skulu ernir klóast);
- öndverðr
- 2) lying in front;
- öndverðr
- í ~i fylkingu, in the front of the battalion;
- öndverðr
- 3) of time, coming first, earlier, former (part of a period);
- öndverðr
- á öndverðum vetri, in the beginning of the winter;
- öndverðr
- bæði öndverðar nætr ok ofan-verðar, both in the beginning and end of the night;
- öndverðr
- af öndverðu, from the beginning;
- öndverðr
- fyrir öndverðu, at the outset.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏᚢᛁᚱᚦᚱ
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