Daunn
Old Norse Dictionary - daunn
Meaning of Old Norse word "daunn"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- daunn
- m. [Goth. dauns = οσμη; cp. Swed.-Dan. dunst; O. H. G. dauns]:—a smell, esp. a bad smell, Anecd. 8; illr d., Rb. 352; opp. to ilmr (sweet smell), 623. 22; in Ub. 3. 27 used in a good sense.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- cp.
- compare.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- esp.
- especially.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- O. H. G.
- Old High German.
- opp.
- opposed.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
Works & Authors cited:
- Anecd.
- Anecdoton. (H. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Ub.
- Uppsala-bók. (C. I.)