Stund

Old Icelandic Dictionary - stund

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "stund" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

stund Old Icelandic word can mean:

stund: I)

stund: (pl. -ir), f.

stund: 1) a certain length of time, a while;

stund: var s. til dags, it was a while before daybreak;

stund: er á leið ~ina, in the course of time, after a while;

stund: þat var s. ein, it was but a short time;

stund: er ~ir líða (fram), as time goes on;

stund: dvelja af ~ir, to kill the time;

stund: lítil er líðandi ~, brief is the fleeting hour;

stund: 2) adverbial phrases;

stund: af ~u, ere long, soon;

stund: af annarri ~u, ‘the next while’, ere long;

stund: á lítilli ~u, in a little while;

stund: fyrir ~u, a while ago;

stund: langri ~u fyrr, a long while before;

stund: um s., for a while;

stund: litla (skamma) s., for a short while;

stund: allar ~ir, always;

stund: alla s., all the time;

stund: s. af s., s. frá s., little by little, by degrees;

stund: ~um (dat.), at times, sometimes

stund: 3) little distance, a little way, a bit (hann stóð s. frá dyrunum);

stund: 4) hour;

stund: tvær ~ir dags, two hours;

stund: 5) pains, exertion;

stund: leggja s. á e-t, to take pains about a thing.

stund: II)

stund: n. dust (gneri hann of andlit honum moldar ~inu).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛏᚢᚾᛏ

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

pl.: plural.

dat.: dative.

e-t: eitthvat.

n.: neuter.

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