LUNDR

(gen. -ar), m.

1) clump of trees, grove;

2) tree (rare).

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m., gen. lundar, dat. lundi, lund, Fagrsk. 11; [Dan. and Swed. lund]:—a grove, Skm. 39, 41; hvera-lundr, Vsp.; ok í lundi óxum, Am. 68; allr lundrinn umhverfis, Stj. 391; Þórir bjó at Lundi, hann blótaði lundinn, Landn. 224; reyni-lundr, Sturl. i. 5; einn fagr lundr, Vígl. 17; ráða einum steini ok litlum lund, Fagrsk. 11: of a hedge (?), taka vígfleka ok bera hann at lundi þeim er stóð sunnan á garðinum, Sturl. ii. 54.

II. very freq. in Dan. and Swed. local names, Lundr, the archbishop’s seat in Denmark (Sweden): in Iceland, Lundr, Lundar, Lunda-reykir, Lundareykja-dalr, whence Lundar-menn, Lundar-manna-goðorð, Landn., Sturl.: these places were connected with the worship of groves, cp. Landn. l. c.: Lund also occurs in local names in Northern England (the ancient Denelagu), as Gilsland, and is a mark of Norse or Danish colonisation.