Grund
Old Norse Dictionary - grund
Meaning of Old Norse word "grund"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- grund
- f. [prob. to be derived from gróa, qs. gróandi, and different in etymology from grunn and Engl. ground, etc.]:—a green field, grassy plain; á grundunni, Sd. 165; þar heitir Haugsnes er bardaginn var ofan frá á grundinni, Sturl. iii. 84, Clar. 134; nú setjask þeir niðr á grundina, Gísl. 107: poët. the earth, the green earth, grund gróin grænum lauki, Vsp. 4, Vþm. 16, Haustl. 15: the name of a farm, Grenfield, Sturl., Landn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚱᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- f.
- feminine.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
- prob.
- probably.
- qs.
- quasi.
Works & Authors cited:
- Clar.
- Clarus Saga. (G. II.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Haustl.
- Haustlöng. (A. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Sd.
- Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Vþm.
- Vafþrúðnis-mál. (A. I.)