Auðr

Old Icelandic Dictionary - auðr

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "auðr" in English.

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

auðr Old Icelandic word can mean:

auðr
I)
auðr
a. empty, void, desolate; húsin voru auð, uninhabited; auð skip (= hroðin), empty ships, all the crew being slain or put to flight; a. af mönnum, void of people; a. at yndi, devoid of pleasure, cheerless.
auðr
II)
auðr
m. riches, wealth; auðr fjár, great wealth; auðr er valtastr vina, wealth is the ficklest of friends.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦᚱ

Abbreviations used:

m.
masculine.

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