sundr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sundraz, whence also Old English sunder, Old High German suntar.

Adverb

sundr

1. apart

Descendants

• Icelandic: sundur
• Faroese: sundur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sund, sunder
• Norwegian Bokmål: sund
• Old Swedish: sunder, synder
  • Swedish: sönder
• Danish: sønder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sønder

Further reading

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