Munda

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Munda

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 munda

að, [prob. from mund, n.], to aim, point with a weapon; hann mundar til höfuðs á Gesti, Ísl. ii. 305; mun hann ekki lengi m. atgeirinum ef hann er reiðr, Nj. 78; mundum æ fram, keep the spears in rest, Fagrsk. 138 (munim, Mork. l. c.); ef maðr mundar til manns ok stöðvar sjálfr ok varðar fjörbaugsgarð, Grág. ii. 131.

2 munda

II. recipr. to point at one another with a weapon; ek veit beggja ykkar skaplyndi, þitt ok jarls, at þit monut skamma stund mundask til, Ó. H. 94; ok munduðusk þeir at um stund, Fms. viii. 388, v. l.

Runic Inscription

ᛘᚢᚾᛏᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pr.
proper.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
recipr.
reciprocally.
v.
vide, verb.
v. l.
varia lectio.

Works & Authors

Fagrsk.
Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Mork.
Morkinskinna. (E. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

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