Undra
Old Norse Dictionary - undra
Meaning of Old Norse word "undra"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word undra can mean:undra
- undra
- að, to wonder at a person or thing, with acc.; þetta undra víkingar, Fas. ii. 530; allir undra þessa manns afl, Finnb. 274; undra allir geysi-mjök hans meðferði, Th. 77; þeir undra hví eigi var upp lokit, Stj. 383; undrandi er hann var þar kominn, 359; síðan undraði engi maðr, at …, Sks. 646 B; fólkit gékk allt út úr kirkjunni ok undraði, 116; vendu heim þaðan ok undruðu mjök, Hom. 120.
- undra
- 2. in mod. usage the active is mostly impers.; mig undrar, it astonishes me.
- undra
- II. reflex. to wonder; undrask öglis landa eik hví vér sém bleikir, Ó. H. (in a verse); fóru menn út ór hverri borg at undrask þá, Nj. 48; hann undraðisk þat, at …, 185; hann undraðisk þat mjök, at …, Edda 1.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚾᛏᚱᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- m.
- masculine.
- impers.
- impersonal.
- mod.
- modern.
- pers.
- person.
- reflex.
- retlexive.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Finnb.
- Finnboga Saga. (D. V.)
- Hom.
- Homiliu-bók. (F. II.)
- Sks.
- Konungs Skugg-sjá. (H. II.)
- Stj.
- Stjórn. (F. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)