Vöndr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - vöndrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "vöndr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
vöndr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- vöndr
- (gen. vandar, dat. vendi; pl. vendir, acc. vöndu), m.
- vöndr
- 1) wand, switch, twig (sverðit beit eigi heldr en vendi berði um); snúa vönd í hár e-m, to twist a wand in one’s hair, preparatory to beheading a culprit;
- vöndr
- 2) stripe, in cloth (segl stafat vendi blám ok rauðum).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚾᛏᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- dat.
- dative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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