Vendill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Vendill

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 Vendill

(also Vandill), m. a pr. name, Rafn 178, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.

2 Vendill

2. Vandil, a local name, the northern part of Jutland in Denmark; á Vendli, Ýt. (whence prob. came the famous Vandals who conquered and sacked Rome, and who have left their name in Andal-usia in Spain); Vandils jörmungrund, the great land of Vandil = Jutland (?), on a Runic stone: Vendil-skagi, the Skaw or Skagerack, Knytl. S.

3 Vendill

COMPDS: Vandilsbyggi, Vendilkráka.

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛁᚾᛏᛁᛚᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

l.
Linnæus.
loc
local, locally.
m.
masculine.
part
participle.
pr.
proper.
prob
probable, probably.
prob.
probable, probably.
Runic
Runic.
S.
South, Southern.

Works & Authors

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Knytl.
Knytlinga Saga. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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