unz
Old Norse
Etymology
From earlier *und (from Proto-Germanic *und (“until”)) + es (“when, relative conjunction”), thus literally "until when". Cognate with Old Frisian und, Old Saxon und, Old High German unz, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌳 (und).
Conjunction
unz
- until
- Vǫluspá, verse 8, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2:
- Tefldu í túni, / teitir váru
var þeim vettugis / vant ór gulli;
unz þrjár kvámu / þursa meyjar
ámátkar mjök / ór jötunheimum- They played games in the yard, / joyous were they
to them was no / lack of gold;
until three came / Troll-maidens
very powerful / from Jotunheim
- They played games in the yard, / joyous were they
- Vǫluspá, verse 8, in 1867, S. Bugge, Norrœn fornkvæði: Sæmundar Edda hins fróða. Christiania, page 2:
Descendants
- Icelandic: uns
References
- “unz”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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