Sandr
Old Norse Dictionary - sandr
Meaning of Old Norse word "sandr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word sandr can mean:sandr
- sandr
- m. [common to all Teut. languages, except that Ulf. renders ἄμμος by malma]:—sand; sandr né sær, Vsp. 3; sandi orpinn, Grág. i. 354; sandi ausinn, Orkn. (in a verse); fúna í sandi, Ó. H. 229; Auðr var grafin í sand þar sem flæðr gékk yfir, FmS. i. 248: the phrase, kasta sandi í augu e-m, to throw dust in one’s eyes. Band. (in a verse):—the sea-shore, skip koma at sandi, Hkv. 1. 48; lítilla sanda, Hm.; á sandinum, fyrir sandi, reka upp í sand, and so on, freq. in old and mod. usage; fjöru-sandr, beach sand; ægi-sandr, q. v.:—also of the sand from volcanoes, eldr kom upp ór Heklu-felli … bar norðr yfir landit sand svá þykkvan … meðan niðr rigndi sandinum, … huldi svá alla jörðina af sandinum, annan dag eptir fauk svá sandrinn, at …, BS.i. 804, passim.
- sandr
- 2. in plur. sand-banks, sandy ground; eru þar smáir sandar allt með sjó, Eg. 141; sandar, öraefi ok brim, Hkr. i. 229; riðu þeir austr yfir sanda, Nj. 114; um sandana víða, FS. 157:—poët. the sea is called sand-himinn, sand-men, sand-heimr, Lex. poët.
- sandr
- II. freq. in local names, Sandr and Sandar, Sand-á, Sand-fell, Sand-nes, Sand-brekka, Sand-dalr, Sand-eyrr, Sand-gil, Sand-hólar, Sand-lækr, Sand-vík; whence Sand-fellingar, -víkingar, m. pl.the men from S.: Sandhóla-ferja, u, f. the ferry of S., Landn. ☞ Gen. sands and sanns (Lat. veri) are sounded alike, hence the pun or riddle, Mart er smátt í vetling manns, | gettu sanns (guess sand or guess right), þó þú verðir í allan dag þá geturð’ aldrei hanS.
- sandr
- B. COMPDS: sandbakki, sandbára, sandbrekka, sandfall, sandfönn, sandhaf, sandhafri, sandhóll, sandhverfa, sandklyptir, sandkorn, sandkváma, Sandleið, sandló, sandlægja, sandmelr, sandmigr, sandmöl, sandsíli, sandstör, sandsumar, sandtorfa, sandvíðir, sandþúfa.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᛅᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
- Teut.
- Teutonic.
- Ulf.
- Ulfilas.
- v.
- vide.
- plur.
- plural.
- poët.
- poetically.
- l.
- line.
- Lat.
- Latin.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Band.
- Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Hkv.
- Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
- Hm.
- Hává-mál. (A. I.)
- Orkn.
- Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Vsp.
- Völuspá. (A. I.)
- Eg.
- Egils Saga. (D. II.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)