undr

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔnˀd̥ɐ]

Verb

undr

  1. imperative of undre

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to love”).

Noun

undr n (genitive undrs)

  1. wonder
  2. (with notion of shame) scandal

Declension

Declension of undr (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative undr undrit undr undrin
accusative undr undrit undr undrin
dative undri undrinu undrum undrunum
genitive undrs undrsins undra undranna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: undur
  • Faroese: undur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: under
  • Norwegian Bokmål: under
  • Swedish: under
  • Danish: under

Further reading

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