Dauðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - dauðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "dauðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
dauðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- dauðr
- I)
- dauðr
- (gen. dauðs), m. = dauði (drepa, brenna, e-n til dauðs).
- dauðr
- II)
- dauðr
- a.
- dauðr
- 1) dead;
- dauðr
- verða, vera, ~, to become dead, die;
- dauðr
- falla niðr ~, to drop down dead;
- dauðr
- ganga ~, to reappear (of ghosts), = ganga aptr;
- dauðr
- 2) inanimate (dautt fé, opp. to kvikfé).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
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