Kind
Old Norse Dictionary - kind
Meaning of Old Norse word "kind"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word kind can mean:kind
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- f., pl. kindir, mod. kindr; [A. S. cind, gecynd; Engl. kind; cp. Lat. gent-em (gens)]:—kind, kin, kith, of men and beasts; helgar kindir, ‘holy-kind’ = the gods, Vsp. 1, opp. to mann-kind, mankind; ok ólusk þaðan af mannkindir, Edda 6; bæði karl-kindar ok kvenn-kindar, both of male kind and female kind, 79; mellu kind, the giantess kind, Nj. (in a verse); Hrímnis kind, giant kind, Hdl.; Fenris kind, the kith of F. = the wolves; Ellu kind, the kith of Ella = the English; Gamla kind, Fjölnis kind, the kindred of G. (Fjölni); Jamta kindir, the Jamt people; Bjarmskar kindir, the Perms; Syslu kind, the Osel people, Vsp. 32, Ó. H. (in a verse), Fagrsk. (in a verse), Hallfred, Hkr. i. (in a verse), Ýt.; Svía kind, the Swedish people, id.: mann-kind. q. v.; firða kind, virða, ljóna, skatna, seggja, gumna, ýta kind or kindir, the kind (sons) of men = mankind, Sól. 1, Rekst. 4, Vsp. 14, Likn. 3;, Lex. Poët. passim; þær kindir, those people, Gkv. 2. 31; hver kind, what kind of people? = who? Kormak; þvi fólki er svá háttað at þat er miklu stærra ok sterkara en nokkur kind önnur, than any other creature, FaS. ii. 234; hverjar kindir ætar eru, what kind (of beasts) may be eaten? K. Þ. K. 130; lifði engi kvik kind eptir (no ‘quick kind,’ living creatures, lived after), útan ein öldrud kona ok kapall, D. I. i. 246; allar konur sem annars kyns ok kindar eru en hann, Stj. 207; allir ok sérhverir klerkar, hverrar stéttar, vígslu eða tignar sem hverr er, n. G. l. iii. 280: a child, Germ. kind, leysa kind frá konum, of a midwife. Sdm. 9.
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- II. in mod. usage, sheep, plur. kindur, ellipt. from sauð-kind, ‘sheep-kind;’ sér eignar smalamaðr fé, þó enga eigi hann kindina, the shepherd calls the sheep his own, though he owns no sheep thereof, a saying; kindrnar hlupu allar saman í einn hnapp, … kindrnar liðu hægt og hægt og smábítandi undan piltinum, … nú verð eg að fara og hóa kindunum dálítið lengra fram eptir, Piltr og Stúlka 9–13; þessa kind veit eg ekki hver á, 19; æ! hvaða smali er það skrattinn sá arna, að þekkja ekki kindrnar hans fóður síns! 20, 21:—hence, kind-lauss, sheepless, 15; kinda-hópr, a flock of sheep, etc.
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- 2. þorsk-kind, a cod-fish; ó-kind, a nasty thing, monster; kindin þín, thou wretch! þú verðr hýdd, kindin þín! ef þú kemr of snemma heim í kveld, Piltr og Stúlka 9.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛁᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- Engl.
- English.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- opp.
- opposed.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- S.
- Saga.
- v.
- vide.
- ellipt.
- elliptical, elliptically.
- etc.
- et cetera.
- plur.
- plural.
Works & Authors cited:
- D. I.
- Diplomatarium Islandicum. (J. I.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Gkv.
- Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- K. Þ. K.
- Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Sdm.
- Sigrdrífu-mál. (A. II.)
- Sól.
- Sólarljóð. (A. III.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)