auðr
Old Norse
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“void, empty”), whence also Old English ēaþ and Old High German ōdi, whence German öde, Öde and Einöde.
Adjective
editauðr
Descendants
editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Germanic *audaz (“goods, possession, luck”). Cognate with Old English ēad, Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, the first part of Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (audahafts, “fortunate”).
Noun
editauðr m (genitive auðs or auðar)
- (uncountable) riches, wealth
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 175, in 1826, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 80:
- […] en þó er nú at kominn vestan af Englandi, skortir mik eigi auð, […]
- […] but though that now is west of England, I am not short of money, […]
- Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 175, in 1826, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 80:
Declension
edit Declension of auðr (strong a-stem, singular only)
Derived terms
editTerms derived from auðr
Related terms
editTerms related to auðr
- auðga (“to enrich”)
- auðigr (“rich”)
- auðna (“good fortune”)
- auðna (“to fall out by fate”)
- auðnulauss (“luckless”)
- auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
- auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
- auðugr (“rich”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- auðr in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- auðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.