TANDRI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

TANDRI

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 TANDRI

a, m. [Ivar Aasen tandre, frisk som ‘tandre’ = fresh as fire; cp. Germ. zünden; A. S. tyndre; Engl. tinder]:—fire, only in poetry, Edda (Gl.); a nickname, D. N. tandra-sel, a local name in western Icel.

Runic Inscription

ᛏᛅᚾᛏᚱᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
Engl: English.
Engl.: English.
Germ: German.
Germ.: German.
gl: glossary.
gl.: glossary.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.: Linnæus.
loc: local, locally.
m.: masculine.
p.: page.
S.: South, Southern.

Works & Authors

D. N.: Diplomatarium Norvagicum. (J. II.)
Edda: Edda. (C. I.)
Ivar Aasen: Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.

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