Andrar
Old Norse Dictionary - andrar
Meaning of Old Norse word "andrar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- andrar
- m. pl. [Ivar Aasen a wander], snow shoes, in sing. prob. öndurr, cp. the compds öndor-dís and öndor-goð, used of the goddess Skaði, in the Edda; found only in Norway, where the word is still in use; in Icel. only remaining in the proverb snæliga snuggir kváðu Finnar, áttu andra fala, Fms. vii. 20, of a silly act, to sell one’s snow shoes just when it begins to snow. prob. a Finnish word; v. skíð.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚾᛏᚱᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- pl.
- plural.
- prob.
- probably.
- sing.
- singular.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.