Vönuðr
Old Norse Dictionary - vönuðr
Meaning of Old Norse word "vönuðr" (or vǫnuðr)
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- vönuðr (vǫnuðr)
- m. a waner, diminisher; in vell-v., hodd-v., Lex. Poët.
Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, vönuðr may be more accurately written as vǫnuðr.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚢᚾᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- m.
- masculine.
- v.
- vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.