Ör-endr
Old Norse Dictionary - ör-endr
Meaning of Old Norse word "ör-endr" (or ǫr-endr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- ör-endr (ǫr-endr)
- also spelt eyrendr, erendr, adj. = Lat. exanimis, ‘out of breath’ i. e. dead, having breathed one’s last; hón hné í fang bonda sínum ok var þá eyrend. Ísl. ii. 275; steypir honum örendum til jarðar, Al. 38; þrælar konungs vildu draga klæði af Sigurði, var hann eigi eyrindr, Fms. vii. 298; Þorleifr var eigi eyrendr, Fb. i. 414; drepa hann, ok var hann erendr er þeir Hlenni kómu, Glúm. 370; feilr konungrinn þegar á jörð niðr örendr, Fms. xi. 64; fann þá báða örenda, Landn. 235; örendr af sárum, 287; kómu þá upp hjá honum menninir flestir allir örendir, Bs. i. 355; vóiu þeir þá fallnir en ekki erendir, Fbr. 6l, 62 new Ed.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, ör-endr may be more accurately written as ǫr-endr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱ-ᛁᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
Works & Authors cited:
- Al.
- Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fbr.
- Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Glúm.
- Víga-Glúms Saga. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)