Hundr

Etymology
From Proto-Norse *hundaR from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old High German hunt (German Hund), and Old English hund (English hound).

Noun
hundr m (genitive singular hunds, plural hundar)
 * 1) a dog, a hound
 * "Segðu, inn illi hundr, áðr en þú deyr, ok svá hjálpi guð þér, at þú lýgr eigi, hvárt hefir Hildr haldit sínum meydómi."
 * "Tell me, you wicked dog, before you die, and so help you God that you tell no lie, if Hildr has kept her virginity." - Þiðreks saga af Bern: Þáttr af Herburt ok Hildi
 * Við eld skal ǫl drekka, en á ísi skríða, magran mar kaupa, en mæki saurgan, heima hest feita, en hund á búi.
 * Drink ale by the fire, and slide on the ice, buy a lean horse, and a rusted sword, fatten the horse at home and the dog in the yard. - 83. Hávamál

Descendants

 * Icelandic: hundur m
 * Faroese: hundur m
 * Norwegian: hund m
 * Shetland Norn: hund m (from "nornlanguage.110mb.com")
 * Danish: hund c
 * Swedish: hund c

Runic Forms
(the standardized runic form is underlined)
 * huntr (approximated)
 * hutr (approximated)