SUNNA

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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1 SUNNA

u, f. [Ulf. sunna (masc.); A. S. sunne; Engl. sun; O. H. G. sunna; but in the Scandin. languages the proper word is sól, sunna being only used in poets]:—the sun; sól heitir með mönnum, en sunna með goðum, it is called ‘sól’ among men, ‘sun’ among the gods, Alm.; sunna heitir sól, ok er við hana kenndr Dróttins-dagr, Rb. 112; réttlætis-sunna, Geisli: kaf-s., mars s., the sun of the deep, i. e. gold; sunnu skeið, ‘sun-space,’ i. e. the heavens, Lex. Poët.: sunna is also found in the compds, Sunnu-dagr, m. Sunday, which word the Northmen prob. borrowed from the Saxon (see the remarks s. v. fimt and dagr), passim: in local names, in Sunnu-dalr in southern Icel., Landn.; but that name may stand for Sunndalr = Southdale, cp. Sundal in Sweden. Sunnu-nótt, f. Sunday night, N. G. L.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᚾᚾᛅ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
ch: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
f.: feminine.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
masc.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
O. H. G.: Old High German.
p.: page.
prob: probable, probably.
prob.: probable, probably.
prop: properly.
S.: South, Southern.
s. v.: sub verbo.
Scandin.: Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Swed: Swedish.
Ulf.: Ulfilas.
v.: vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Alm.: Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)
Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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