Definitions
Definitions
1 synda
d, mod. t, [sund], to swim; synti allt út í haf, Brandkr. 60 (paper MS.); ok syndu vestr yfir Jökuls-á, Sturl. ii. 157; the word has prevailed in mod. usage, but is very rare in old writers, who either use the tenses of svimma (q. v.) or more freq. leggjask, see leggja.
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
synda
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "synda" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).