sundr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sundraz, whence also Old English sunder, Old High German suntar.

Adverb

sundr

  1. apart

Descendants

  • Icelandic: sundur
  • Faroese: sundur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sund, sunder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sund
  • Old Swedish: sunder, synder
  • Danish: sønder

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “sundr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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