Gvendr
Old Norse Dictionary - gvendr
Meaning of Old Norse word "gvendr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gvendr
- or Gvöndr, m. a pet proper name from Guð-mundr: sanitary wells are in Icel. called Gvendar-brunnr, m., from bishop Gudmund’s consecrating wells, Bs. i. 450, Ísl. Þjóðs. ii. 27. Gvendar-ber, n., botan. equisetum arvense. Gvendar-grös, n., botan. a kind of weed.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- botan.
- botanically.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Ísl. Þjóðs.
- Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.