And-vana
Old Norse Dictionary - and-vana
Meaning of Old Norse word "and-vana"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word and-vana can mean:and-vana
- and-vana
- and andvani, adj. ind., and now andvanr, adj.
- and-vana
- I. [and- and vanr, solitus], destitute, wanting; with gen., a. átu, lífs a., auðs ok alls gamans a., Hkv. 2. 31, Völs. kviður, Lex. Poët.; alls a. nema víls ok vesaldar, Fms. iii. 95; a. heilsu, Magn. 512; alls a., of the beggar Lazarus, Greg. 24; a. þeirrar þjónustu, in want of, Post. 656 B; margs a., Bret. 174; a eigna várra, having lost our lands, 208.
- and-vana
- II. [önd, anima], now = exanimis; andvana lík, a lifeless corpse, Pass. 4. 23.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏ-ᚢᛅᚾᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- gen.
- genitive.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bret.
- Breta Sögur. (G. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Greg.
- Gregory. (F. II.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Magn.
- Magnús Saga jarls. (E. II.)
- Post.
- Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
- Pass.
- Passiu-Sálmar.