Grand
Old Norse Dictionary - grand
Meaning of Old Norse word "grand"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word grand can mean:grand
- grand
- n. a grain, Thom.; ekki grand, not a grain.
- grand
- II. metaph. (prop. a mote?), a hurt, injury, Fms. iii. 80, viii. 112, xi. 228, 277, n. G. L. i. 74 (freq.)
- grand
- 2. in poetry freq. that which causes evil, ruin, Lex. Poët.
- grand
- 3. evil doing, guile, Symb. 19, Skv. 3. 5: granda-lauss, adj. guileless, Lex. Poët.
- grand
- 4. medic. mortification, AL. 120.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- prop.
- proper, properly.
- adj.
- adjective.
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
- medic.
- medicine, medically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Skv.
- Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Symb.
- Symbolae. (H. IV.)
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)