Grannr
Old Norse Dictionary - grannr
Meaning of Old Norse word "grannr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word grannr can mean:grannr
- grannr
- adj., compar. grennri and grannari, [as to etym., grannr is prob. akin to grein, a branch, hence the long vowel (vide II); but both are different from grœenn, green, which is from gróa]:—thin, slender, very freq. in mod. usage, = Lat. gracilis, epithet of a lady, Edda 85 (in a verse); mittis-grannr, thin in the waist: in gramm. single, of vowels, opp. to digr, of diphthongs; þat hljóð er grannara, Skálda 177: neut. grannt, adv. nicely; ör-grannt, id.
- grannr
- II. it appears with a long vowel in grón (or gŕn, qs. grönn) ván, thin, slender hope, Gísl. 66 (in a verse); friðv́n segi gŕna (granna), Sturl. iii. 216 (in a verse); and perhaps also in grón lind, a thin, slender shield, Edda 106 (in a verse).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᛅᚾᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- adv.
- adverb.
- compar.
- comparative.
- etym.
- etymology.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- gramm.
- grammar.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- neut.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- prob.
- probably.
- v.
- vide.
- l.
- line.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Skálda
- Skálda. (H. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)