auðr
Old Norse
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“void, empty”), whence also Old English ēaþ and Old High German ōdi, whence German öde, Öde and Einöde.
Adjective
auðr
Descendants
Etymology 2
From 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
auðr 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
Declension of auðr (strong a-stem, singular only)
Derived terms
Terms derived from auðr
- auðhóf (“wealth”)
- auðhœfl (“wealth”)
- auðkýfingr (“wealthy man”)
- auðlegð (“wealth”)
- auðmaðr (“wealthy man”)
- auðmildingr (“generous man”)
- auðrann (“rich house”)
Related terms
Terms related to auðr
- auðnulauss (“luckless”)
- auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
- auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
- auðugr (“rich”)
Descendants
References
- 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.