Lund
Old Norse Dictionary - lund
Meaning of Old Norse word "lund"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word lund can mean:lund
- lund
- f. [Orm. lund], the mind, temper, Edda (Gl.); var nú skipan á komin um lund hans, Hrafn. 24; vera mikillar lundar, to be of a proud mind, Ísl. ii. 3; ef hann fann þat í lund sinni, Fb. iii. 247; etju-lund, a quarrelsome mind, Vellekla; gildrar lundar, proud, Bs. ii. 11; leika e-m í lund, to have a mind for, Al. 137; hugar-lund, fancy, mind.
- lund
- II. manner; adverb. phrases, nökkura lund (acc.), in some manner, Hom. 55; sömu lund, in the same way, Sks. 448; á allar lundir, in every way, Niðrst. 1: á þá lund, thus, Edda 47; á ymsar lundir, in many ways, variously; á marga lund, Edda 87; á þessa lund, thus, Grág. ii. 22; hverja lund, in what way? how? Þiðr. 337.
- lund
- COMPDS: lundarfar, lundarlag.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Orm.
- Ormulum.
- acc.
- accusative.
- adverb.
- adverbially.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Hrafn.
- Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Niðrst.
- Niðrstigningar Saga. (F. III.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)