Endr
Old Norse Dictionary - endr
Meaning of Old Norse word "endr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word endr can mean:endr
- endr
- adv. [cp. Lat. ante].
- endr
- I. in times of yore, erst, formerly, before; very freq. in old poetry, Am. 1, Ad. 3, Ýt. 12, 13, Eg. 751 (in a verse), vide Lex. Poët.; in prose very rare, or only in the phrase, endr fyrir löngu, a long time ago, Fas. iii. 250, 347; cp. eðr.
- endr
- 2. in the phrases, endr annan veg en endr = now one way, now another, 677. 2; endr ok sinnum, mod. endrum og sinnum, from time to time, now and then, Sks. 208; endr ok stundum, id., 703 B. endra-nær and endrar-nær, adv. at other times, otherwise; bæði þá ok endra-nær, Bs. i. 533; sem jafnan endra-nær, as always else, 526, 538; sem ávalt endrar-nær, Fas. ii. 144; at enum sama hætti sem e., Rb. 28; en þat er endra-nær, at …, but else, that …, Fms. viii. 410.
- endr
- II. again; svá kom Óðins son endr at hamri, Þkv. 32. Mostly as prefix to nouns and verbs, answering to Lat. re-, chiefly in a biblical and theological sense, esp. after the Reformation.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛁᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adv.
- adverb.
- cp.
- compare.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- v.
- vide.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- mod.
- modern.
- esp.
- especially.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Am.
- Atla-mál. (A. II.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Þkv.
- Þryms-kviða. (A. I.)