Munaðr
Old Norse Dictionary - munaðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "munaðr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word munaðr can mean:munaðr
- munaðr
- m., gen. munaðar:
- munaðr
- I. difference, Fms. ix. 241, (rare.)
- munaðr
- II. delight, a prolonged form for munr (q. v.), not to be confounded with mun-uð (from mun-hygð); esp. freq. in the COMPDS, munaðar-lauss, adj. orphaned; munaðar-leysi, n. the state of orphanhood; munaðar-leysingi, a, m. an orphan.
- munaðr
- III. in local names, Munaðar-nes, -tunga, Landn., Icel.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛘᚢᚾᛅᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- adj.
- adjective.
- esp.
- especially.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- v.
- vide.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)