orð

See also: ord, Ord, òrd, orth., and orth-

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“speak”).

Cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word, Dutch woord, Old High German wort (German Wort), Swedish ord, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd), and English word.

The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I say”) and Old Church Slavonic ротити сѧ (rotiti sę, “to swear”) (Russian ротиться (rotitʹsja, “to vow”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːɹ/
• Rhymes: -oːɹ

Noun

orð n (genitive singular orðs, plural orð)

1. word
2. expression

Declension

Declension of orð
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orð	orðið	orð	orðini
accusative	orð	orðið	orð	orðini
dative	orði	orðinum	orðum	orðunum
genitive	orðs	orðsins	orða	orðanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“speak”).

Cognate with Old Frisian word, Old Saxon word, Dutch woord, Old High German wort (German Wort), Swedish ord, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (waurd), and English word.

The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Latin verbum, Lithuanian vardas, and, more distantly, of Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō, “I say”) and Old Church Slavonic ротити сѧ (rotiti sę, “to swear”) (Russian ротиться (rotitʹsja, “to vow”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔrð/
• Rhymes: -ɔrð

Noun

orð n (genitive singular orðs, nominative plural orð)

1. word
   • Isaiah 40 (Icelandic, English)

     Heyr, einhver segir: "Kalla þú!" Og ég svara: "Hvað skal ég kalla?" "Allt hold er gras og allur yndisleikur þess sem blóm vallarins. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, þegar Drottinn andar á þau. Sannlega, mennirnir eru gras. Grasið visnar, blómin fölna, en orð Guðs vors stendur stöðugt eilíflega."

     A voice says, "Cry out." And I said, "What shall I cry?" "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field. The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the LORD blows on them. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

2. remarks
3. request
4. message
5. promise, one's word

   Að halda orð sín.

   To keep one's word.

6. reputation

   Frambjóðandinn hefur á sér gott orð.

   The candidate has a good reputation.

Declension

declension of orð

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orð	orðið	orð	orðin
accusative	orð	orðið	orð	orðin
dative	orði	orðinu	orðum	orðunum
genitive	orðs	orðsins	orða	orðanna

Synonyms

• (remarks): ummæli
• (request): bón
• (promise): loforð
• (reputation): orðstír

Derived terms

Derived terms

• boðorð
• boðorðin tíu
• fá orð í eyra (to get a reprimand)
• hafa orð á (to mention something)
• koma orðum að (to find words to express something)
• leggja orð í belg (to put a word in, to make a remark)
• mannorð
• markorð
• meðal annarra orða (by the way)
• með öðrum orðum (in other words)
• orðaleikur
• orðflokkur
• orð í tíma töluð (a timely remark)
• orðstír
• orðum aukinn (exaggerated)
• samstofna orð
• stikkorð
• taka til orða (to speak)
• varnaðarorð

Further reading

• “orð” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
• orð in Hólmarsson et al.: Íslensk-ensk orðabók. 1989.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰom, zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo- (“word”), akin to Old English word, Old High German wort.

Noun

orð n (genitive orðs, plural orð)

1. word
2. speech, saying

Declension

  Declension of orð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	orð	orðit	orð	orðin
accusative	orð	orðit	orð	orðin
dative	orði	orðinu	orðum	orðunum
genitive	orðs	orðsins	orða	orðanna

Derived terms

• yrði n sg (“words, utterances”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: orð
• Faroese: orð
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ord
• Norwegian Bokmål: ord
• Elfdalian: uord
• Old Swedish: orþ, ordh
  • Swedish: ord
• Old Danish: orth
  • Danish: ord
  • Scanian: orð
• Old Gutnish: orþ
  • Gutnish: ård

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic *wurdą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [éʊːɐ]

Noun

orð n (definite singular orðeð, plural orð)

1. word