Öndugis-höldr
Old Norse Dictionary - öndugis-höldr
Meaning of Old Norse word "öndugis-höldr" (or ǫndugis-hǫldr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- öndugis-höldr (ǫndugis-hǫldr)
- m. (Fas. ii. 261), and öndugis-maðr, m. (Fagrsk., Eg. 575, Mag. 3), the man sitting in the öndvegi opposed to the lord of the house, the king’s first man, Fagrsk. ch. 219, Fas. iii. 31; in Hom. (St.) ‘architriclinus’, John ii. 9, is rendered by öndvegis-maðr.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, öndugis-höldr may be more accurately written as ǫndugis-hǫldr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏᚢᚴᛁᛋ-ᚼᚢᛚᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fagrsk.
- Fagrskinna. (K. I.)
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Mag.
- Magus Saga. (G. II.)