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.)