Auðn

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

auðn Old Icelandic word can mean:

auðn

f.

auðn

1) wilderness, desert (úfœriligar ~ir);

auðn

2) uninhabited and uncultivated tract of land, waste (bygðust þá margar ~ir landsins);

auðn

3) deserted farm or habitation (sá bœr hét síðan á Hrappstöðum, þar er nú ~);

auðn

4) desolation;

auðn

ríki mitt stendr mjök til ~ar, is in a state of desolation;

auðn

liggja (leggja) í ~, to lie (to lay) waste;

auðn

5) destruction (~ borgarinnar).

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦᚾ

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This headword also appears in dictionaries of other languages closely related to Old Icelandic.

• Old Norse - Cleasby & Vigfusson Dictionary
• Old Norwegian - Johan Fritzner's Dictionary