Vendill

Meaning of Old Norse word "vendill"

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

Old Norse word vendill can mean:vendill

vendill

(also Vandill), m. a pr. name, Rafn 178, Edda (Gl.), Lex. Poët.

vendill

2. Vandil, a local name, the northern part of Jutland in Denmark; á Vendli, Ýt. (whence prob. came the famous Vandals who conquered and sacked Rome, and who have left their name in Andal-usia in Spain); Vandils jörmungrund, the great land of Vandil = Jutland (?), on a Runic stone: Vendil-skagi, the Skaw or Skagerack, Knytl. S.

vendill

COMPDS: Vandilsbyggi, Vendilkráka.

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