ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ

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Proto-Norse

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Etymology

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ᚢᚾ- (un-, “un-; not”) +‎ *ᚷᚨᚾᛞᚨᛉ (*gandaʀ, “foul spirit; a witch’s familiar”) +‎ -ᛁᛉ (-iʀ, “-ed”, forms adjectives from nouns).

Adjective

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ᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉ (ungandiʀ)

  1. uncursed; not bewitched (possibly nominalised as a proper noun)
    • c. 400, Nordhuglo stone[1]
      ᛖᚲᚷᚢᛞᛁᛃᚨᚢᚾᚷᚨᚾᛞᛁᛉᛁᚺ
      ekgudijaungandiʀih
      /ek gudjā Ungandiʀ […] /
      I the godi Ungandiʀ [uncursed] […]

References

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  1. ^ Inscription/entry N KJ65 in the RuneS-Database of the research project "Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS)" of Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 2024.
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