reginkunnr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᚨᚲᚢᛞᛟ (raginakudo), equivalent to regin (“the gods”) +‎ -kundr (“born, originating”), from Proto-Germanic *kundaz (“born (of)”). Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (himinakunds, “born of heaven, heavenly”) and Old English godcund (“divine, from God”).

Adjective

reginkunnr

  1. sprung from the gods; of divine origin

Declension

References

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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