Vándr
Old Norse Dictionary - vándr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vándr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word vándr can mean:vándr
- vándr
- mod. vondr, adj., without compar. or superl.; [Dan.-Swed. ond]:—bad; of a thing, vánd klæði, Fs. 150, Fms. i. 70; vánda leppa, ii. 161; ór húsi litlu ok vándu, Hkr. ii. 380; psaltari vándr, Vm. 13; v. íss, rotten ice, Fms. vii. 273; vánt vatn, bad water, Karl. 62; vánt veðr, bad weather, Fb. iii. 240.
- vándr
- 2. in a moral sense, wicked, bad; vándr maðr, Fms. vii. 117, Bs. i. 163; v. hefi ek verit, en aldri hefi ek þjófr verit, Nj. 74; íllum ok vándum, Blas. 46; vánd verk, n. G. l. ii. passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᛅᚾᛏᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- adj.
- adjective.
- compar.
- comparative.
- Dan.
- Danish.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- superl.
- superlative.
- Swed.
- Swedish.
- v.
- vide.
- L.
- Linnæus.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Fs.
- Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
- Hkr.
- Heimskringla. (E. I.)
- Karl.
- Karla-magnús Saga. (G. I.)
- Vm.
- Vilkins-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Blas.
- Blasius Saga. (F. III.)
- Bs.
- Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Nj.
- Njála. (D. II.)