vǫndr
Old NorseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *wanduz, from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, weave, braid”).
NounEdit
vǫndr m (genitive vandar, plural vendir)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of vǫndr (strong u-stem)
Derived termsEdit
- vandahús
- vandar bǫl (“fire”, literally “wicker’s destruction”)
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist (transl.) (1916). The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson. New York: The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Available online
- Byock, Jesse L. (2013) Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas, →ISBN, page 370