Andi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Andi

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 andi

a, m.

2 andi

1. prop. breath, breathing; af anda fisksins, Edda 19; cp. hverr andalauss lifir, who lives without breathing, in the Riddles of Gestumblindi, Fas. i. 482; af anda hans, Greg. 20, Sks. 41 B; andi er Ingimundar, ekki góðr á bekkinn, of foul breath, Sturl. i. 21 (in a verse).

3 andi

2. a current of air; andi handar þinnar, air caused by the waving of the hand, 623. 33: now freq. of a soft breeze.

4 andi

3. (gramm.) aspiration; linr, snarpr a., Skálda 175, 179.

5 andi

II. metaph. and of Christian origin, spirit. In the Icel. translation of the N. T. andi answers to πνευμα, sál to ψυχή (cp. Luke i. 46, 47); Guð skapaði líkamann ok andann, Mar. 656; taki þér við líkamanum en Drottinn við andanum, id.; gjalda Guði sinn anda, Mar. 39 (Fr.); hjarta, andi ok vizka, id. In some of these cases it may answer to ψυχή, but the mod. use is more strict: as a rule there is a distinction between ‘önd,’ f. anima, and ‘andi,’ m. animus, yet in some cases both are used indifferently, thus Luke xxiii. 46 is translated by ‘andi,’ yet ‘önd’ is more freq., Pass. 44. 21, 45. I.

6 andi

2. spirit, spiritual being (önd is never used in this sense); John iv. 24, Guð er andi, and, tilbiðja í anda, ἐν πνευματι.

7 andi

3. the Holy Ghost, Nj. 164, Rb. 80.

8 andi

4. angels; þessháttar eldr brennir andana, Stj. 41.

9 andi

5. in a profane sense; álfr eða a., Fas. i. 313.

10 andi

6. spiritual gift; í krapti ok í anda Heliæ, Hom. 104. Luke i. 17, Sks. 565.

11 andi

COMPDS: andagipt, andakast, andaliga, andaligr.

Runic Inscription

ᛅᚾᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

cp
compare.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
Fr
French in etymologies.
Fr.
French in etymologies.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gramm.
grammar.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphor, metaphorical.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.
orig
original, originally.
p.
page.
prop
properly.
prop.
properly.
transl
translation, translated.
v.
vide, verb.
viz
videlicet.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fr.
Fritzner’s Dictionary, 1867.
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hom.
Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
N. T.
New Testament.
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Pass.
Passiu-Sálmar.
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Skálda
Skálda. (H. I.)
Sks.
Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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