Pund
Old Norse Dictionary - pund
Meaning of Old Norse word "pund"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word pund can mean:pund
- pund
- n. [Engl. pound; Germ. pfund; Lat. pondo]:—a pound, of a pound = 24 marks or 12lbs.; þriggja punda smjör, þeirra at fjórar merkr ok tuttugu göri hvert pund, Gþl. 524; þrir laupar þriggja punda smjörs, 100; engi maðr kunni marka tal ok varla punda tal. Fms. xi. 202; pund matar eðr eyrir vaðmáls, Vm. 147; ek orka tólf punda þunga, Bær. 18.
- pund
- 2. skip-pund, Dan. skibpund; pund ok nant, Fms. viii. 395; leiga tveggja punda far, Jb. 393.
- pund
- 3. as a rendering of the Gr.-Lat. talentum, Stj. 151, 570, n. T.; pund þat er Guð seldi mér, Eluc. 1, Stj. 151; at þessi falli ekki fyrir sína pund-tekju, Stj. 151.
- pund
- 4. in mod. usage pund is = two merkr = a lisb.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛒᚢᚾᛏ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- Engl.
- English.
- Germ.
- German.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- Gr.
- Greek.
- mod.
- modern.
Works & Authors cited:
- Bær.
- Bærings Saga. (G. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Jb.
- Jóns-bók. (B. III.)
- Eluc.
- Elucidarium. (F. II.)
- N. T.
- New Testament.
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)