Önn
Old Norse Dictionary - önn
Meaning of Old Norse word "önn" (or ǫnn)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word önn can mean:önn
- önn (ǫnn)
- 1. f. an obsolete word, some part of a sword, the tip or the chape (?), Edda (Gl.); önnar (unnar Cod. wrongly) tunga, the tongue of the önn, i. e. the sword’s blade, Landn. (in a verse); in Hkv. Hjörv. 9 the true reading, we believe, is ‘önn’ er í oddi for ‘ógn;’ hjalt, hugró, önn, egg, valböst all being parts of a sword.
- önn (ǫnn)
- 2. f., gen. annar, pl. annir: [one is tempted to trace this word to the Goth. aþn and ataþni = ἐνιαυτός, a year; if so, the original sense would be a season, time, and work, business the derived; see annt, anna, amboð]:—a working season; en þetta var of annir, the hay-making season, Bs. i. 339; ef maðr fiskir um annir, ok gengr í grið at vetri, Grág. i. 151; hálfan mánuð um annir, 152; á miðil anna skal löggarð göra, in the time between two working seasons, ii. 261; þat heitir anna í millum, Gþl. 410 (onne millom, Ivar Aasen), the time between two working seasons, e. g. between ploughing time and hay-making, or fencing and hay-making, or the like; vár-önn, the sowing season; löggarðs-önn or garð-önn, the fencing season; hey-önn, the hay season; garðlags-önn, Grág. ii. 261; tún-annir, q. v.
- önn (ǫnn)
- 2. work, business; hann var í mikilli önn, very busy, Fms. iv. 119; önn ok erfiði, Gísl. 17; önga önn né starf skaltú hafa fyrir um búnað þinn … skal ek þat annask, Ld. 86; hafa önn ok umhyggju fyrir e-u, id., Fms. i. 291; önn fékk jötni orðbæginn halr, Hým. 3; henni var mikil önn á um ferðir Arons, Bs. i. 539; bera önn fyrir e-u, to take care of, 686; skulu vér nú önn hafa at langvistir órar skili aldregi, Hom. (St.); ala önn fyrir e-u, to care for, provide for, maintain; vera önnum kafinn, to be overwhelmed with work; vera í önnum, to be busy; í óða-önn, and the like. ☞ In the phrase, þola önn fyrir e-n, önn seems to be = önd = breath; see önd and þola.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, önn may be more accurately written as ǫnn.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᚾ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
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Abbreviations used:
- Cod.
- Codex.
- f.
- feminine.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- v.
- vide.
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- gen.
- genitive.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- pl.
- plural.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- id.
- idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
- m.
- masculine.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hkv. Hjörv.
- Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Ivar Aasen
- Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gísl.
- Gísla Saga. (D. II.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Hým.
- Hýmis-kviða. (A. I.)
- Ld.
- Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)