vindandin forna

== Old Norse == === Noun === vindandin forna f (poetry, grammar) 'the ancient use of vend'; the use of letter v before an r in poetry c. 1250, Óláfr ‘White Skald’ Þórðarson, Third Grammatical Treatise ==== Usage notes ==== In Norwegian and Icelandic, the letter v was lost before r in the 900s, which resulted in earlier vreiðr (“wroth, angry”), vrangr (“wrong, crooked”) becoming reiðr, rangr. In the oldest preserved poetry, however, these words consistently alliterate with words beginning with v-, like verri (“worse”), vega (“fight”).