>It's the usual meaning "out of" or "from", here figuratively as in "find a way out of difficulty". The neuter adjective <vöndu> plays the role of a noun, as in <gerir gott úr illu> "makes good out of evil" (Hómilíubók).
> Thanks LN for picking up on my `vandi' in last section. But now I can´t
> work out what function `úr' is performing in the sentence?