Grunnungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Grunnungr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 grunnungr

m. [Germ. gründling; Ivar Aasen grunnung; from grunnr]:—a groundling, a fish that lives in shoal water, Edda (Gl.); in mod. usage called þara-fiskr.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᚱᚢᚾᚾᚢᚾᚴᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Germ
German.
Germ.
German.
l.
Linnæus.
m.
masculine.
mod
modern.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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