vin
nafnorðkvenkyn
, vinjar; [ winja = νομή, John x. 9; wine = a pasture; wini; see Grimm’s Gramm. ii. 55, 56]:—a meadow; nú görir hann sér hús ok hagi ( haga) ok vini (a house, a pasture, and a ‘vin’) þá skal biskup eigi taka hann ór setu sinni, i. 9: this ancient word also remains as appellative in vinjar-spann and vinjar-toddi, the technical name for an old Norse tax payable by every household, (see spann and toddi).
II. in Norse local names, Björg-vin, Sand-vin, Leik-vin, Horn-vin, Hellu-vin, Enda-vin, Skerf-vin, Töð-vin, Skað-vin, Dal-vin, Döl-vin, Vað-vin or Vöð-vin: usually altered into -yn, Björg-yn (-ynjar), Þópt-yn, Bambl-yn, Töð-yn: or -in, Leir-in, Ullar-in: or -ini, Vöð-ini, Döl-ini, Sköð-ini, Bónd-ini: lastly into -en, Berg-en: so also Skand-in Skand-vin, Scandinavia Scand-in-avia. In these names are unknown,—shewing that as early as the time of settlement the word had fallen into disuse as an appellative, see Munch’s Norg. Beskr. ( xii, xiii).
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
- f.kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- gen.eignarfall (e. genitive)
- Ulf.Ulfilas.
- A. S.Anglo-Saxon.
- O. H. G.Old High German.
- perh.perhaps.
- freq.frequent, frequently.
- qs.quasi.
- cp.compare.
- Icel.Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- pref.preface.
- N. G. L.Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Ó. H.Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)