sunna
nafnorðkvenkyn
u, [ sunna (); sunne; sun; sunna; but in the languages the proper word is sól, sunna being only used in poets]:—the sun; sól heitir með mönnum, en sunna með goðum, it is called ‘sól’ among men, ‘sun’ among the gods, ; sunna heitir sól, ok er við hana kenndr Dróttins-dagr, 112; réttlætis-sunna, Geisli: kaf-s., mars s., the sun of the deep, gold; sunnu skeið, ‘sun-space,’ the heavens, : sunna is also found in the compds, Sunnu-dagr, Sunday, which word the Northmen borrowed from the Saxon (see the remarks fimt and dagr), passim: in local names, in Sunnu-dalr in southern , ; but that name may stand for Sunndalr = Southdale, Sundal in Sweden. Sunnu-nótt, Sunday night,
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- masc.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- Engl.English.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- Scandin.Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- i. e.id est.
- m.karlkyn (e. masculine)
- prob.probably.
- s. v.sub voce.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- cp.compare.
- Alm.Alvís-mál. (A. I.)
- Rb.Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Lex. Poët.Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Landn.Landnáma. (D. I.)
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)