Gnyðr
Old Norse Dictionary - gnyðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gnyðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gnyðr can mean:gnyðr
- gnyðr
- m., pl. ir, mod. nyðr, or even spelt niðr, a murmur; þykki mér íllt at heyra gnyð ykkar yfir mér, Fas. iii. 194; görðisk þá mikill gnýr ok gnyðr af ópi ok hlaupum, Stj. 452, v. l.
- gnyðr
- II. in mod. usage freq. the murmur of a river or brook, ár-niðr, lækjar-niðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚾᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- pl.
- plural.
- v.
- vide.
- v. l.
- varia lectio.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)