Skyndi

Old Norse Dictionary - skyndi

Meaning of Old Norse word "skyndi"

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

Old Norse word skyndi can mean:skyndi

skyndi
1. a, m. = skundi; meðr skynda, 732. 15.
skyndi
2. u. speed, haste: in COMPDS, a hurried thing: skyndi-brullaup, n. a hasty wedding, cp. ‘a Scotch marriage,’ Eg. 24, Fas. i. 37. skyndi-kona, u, f. a loose woman, harlot, Fms. xi. 54. skyndi-kross, m. a hasty making the sign of the cross, Skíða R. skyndi-ráð, m. a hasty deed, Sturl. iii. 245. skyndi-ræði, id., Orkn. 438.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.
cp.
compare.
f.
feminine.
id.
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.
line.
n.
neuter.
R.
Rimur.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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