Fránn

Old Norse Dictionary - fránn

Meaning of Old Norse word "fránn"

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word fránn can mean:fránn

fránn
adj. gleaming, flashing, acc. fránan, Fm. 32: the word seems akin to frár; only used in poetry as an epithet of serpents, and metaph. of swords and sharp weapons; fránn naðr, Vsp. 65; f. ormr, Vkv. 16; fránn dreki, frán egg, Lex. Poët. passim: of the eyes, flashing, id. Eggert uses it of a cloud gilded by the sun, sólin brauzt fram ór fránu skýi, Bb. 2. 33. POËT.
fránn
COMPDS: fráneygr, fránleitr.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚠᚱᛅᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

acc.
accusative.
adj.
adjective.
f.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
m.
masculine.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Bb.
Búnaðar-bálkr.
Fm.
Fafnis-mál. (A. II.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Vkv.
Völundar-kviða. (A. II.)
Vsp.
Völuspá. (A. I.)
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