Auðna
Old Icelandic Dictionary - auðnaMeaning of Old Icelandic word "auðna" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
auðna Old Icelandic word can mean:
- auðna
- I)
- auðna
- f.
- auðna
- 1) fate;
- auðna
- ~ mun því ráða, Fate must settle that;
- auðna
- 2) good fortune;
- auðna
- með auðnu þeirri, at Þorkatli var lengra lífs auðit, by that good fortune that longer life was destined for Thorkel.
- auðna
- II)
- auðna
- f. desolation, = auðn.
- auðna
- III)
- auðna
- (að), v. impers. to fall out by fate;
- auðna
- ef honum ~ði eigi aptr at koma, if he did not have the good fortune to return;
- auðna
- ef guð vill, at þess auðni, that it shall succeed;
- auðna
- sem ~r, as luck decides.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦᚾᛅ
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- n.
- neuter.
- impers.
- impersonal.
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