auðr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑuðr̩/

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

  1. desolate
    auð trǫð
    desolate land
Declension
Strong declension of auðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðr auð autt
accusative auðan auða autt
dative auðum auðri auðu
genitive auðs auðrar auðs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðir auðar auð
accusative auða auðar auð
dative auðum auðum auðum
genitive auðra auðra auðra
Weak declension of auðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative auði auða auða
accusative auða auðu auða
dative auða auðu auða
genitive auða auðu auða
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðu auðu auðu
accusative auðu auðu auðu
dative auðum auðum auðum
genitive auðu auðu auðu
Declension of comparative of auðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðari auðari auðara
accusative auðara auðari auðara
dative auðara auðari auðara
genitive auðara auðari auðara
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðari auðari auðari
accusative auðari auðari auðari
dative auðurum auðurum auðurum
genitive auðari auðari auðari
Strong declension of superlative of auðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðastr auðust auðast
accusative auðastan auðasta auðast
dative auðustum auðastri auðustu
genitive auðasts auðastrar auðasts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðastir auðastar auðust
accusative auðasta auðastar auðust
dative auðustum auðustum auðustum
genitive auðastra auðastra auðastra
Weak declension of superlative of auðr
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðasti auðasta auðasta
accusative auðasta auðustu auðasta
dative auðasta auðustu auðasta
genitive auðasta auðustu auðasta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative auðustu auðustu auðustu
accusative auðustu auðustu auðustu
dative auðustum auðustum auðustum
genitive auðustu auðustu auðustu
Derived terms
  • eyða (“lay waste, annihilate”)
Descendants
  • Icelandic: auður
  • Faroese: eyður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aud
  • Old Swedish: ø̄þe
  • Old Danish: øthæ
  • ⇒ Old East Norse: *eyðkn
    • Old Swedish: øþkn, økn
    • Old Danish: øthkn, øthken

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)

  1. (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, […]
Declension
Declension of auðr (strong a-stem, singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite definite
nominative auðr auðrinn
accusative auð auðinn
dative auði auðinum
genitive auðs, auðar auðsins, auðarins
Derived terms
  • auðhóf (“wealth”)
  • auðhœfl (“wealth”)
  • auðkýfingr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðlegð (“wealth”)
  • auðmaðr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðmildingr (“generous man”)
  • auðrann (“rich house”)
  • auðráð (“wealth”)
  • auðræði (“means, property”)
  • auðsalir (“rich halls”)
  • auðstafr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðœfl (“wealth”)
  • gullauðr (“wealth in gold”)
  • auðga (“to enrich”)
  • auðigr (“rich”)
  • auðna (“good fortune”)
  • auðna (“to fall out by fate”)
  • auðnulauss (“luckless”)
  • auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
  • auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
  • auðugr (“rich”)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “auðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 32
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “auðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 25; also available at the Internet Archive
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