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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 ot the research project Runic Writing in the Germanic Languages (RuneS) of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony, 2024.