Ör-endi

Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-endi" (or ǫr-endi)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

Old Norse word ör-endi can mean:ör-endi

ör-endi (ǫr-endi)

n. an errand, message; see eyrendi.

ör-endi (ǫr-endi)

II. loss of breath; er hann þraut eyrendit … sem honum vannsk til eyrendi, Edda 32; þá var þrotið ørendi hans, his breath was gone, of a person drowning under water, Bs. i. 335: see eyrendi 4.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-endi may be more accurately written as ǫr-endi.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛁᚾᛏᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements