1 UND
1. f. [Goth. wunds = wounded and wundufni = μάστιξ; A. S. wund; Engl. wound; O. H. G. wunta; Germ. wunde]:—a wound; undir svella, Skv. 3. 68; undir dreyrgar, 32; blóð hljóp ór undinni. Eg. 216, Sæm. 179; taka vápnit ór undinni, Gísl. 22; hann beit yðr stóra und, Fas. ii. 378; tók at láta í undum þeim er vóru fyrir brjóstinu, Róm. 232; hol-und, merg-und. This word is little used in prose, having been superseded by the word sár, a sore: in poët. circumlocutions, unda-log, und-bál, und-leygr, wound-fire, i. e. weapons; und-bára, -gjálfr, -lögr, a wound-wave, i. e. blood; und-reyr, -fleinn, -linnr, = a wound-reed, wound-snake, a sword; und-gagl, a carrion bird, Lex. Poët. unda-fífill, m., botan. hawkweed, hieracium.
2 UND
2. prep., see undir.