Niðr
Old Icelandic Dictionary - niðrMeaning of Old Icelandic word "niðr" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
niðr Old Icelandic word can mean:
- niðr
- I)
- niðr
- (-s, pl. niðjar, acc. niði, gen. niðja), m. son, kinsman, relative.
- niðr
- II)
- niðr
- adv.
- niðr
- 1) down (hann féll dauðr ~); setjast ~, to sit down; fœra ~ korn, to sow corn;
- niðr
- 2) of direction without motion, down, downward (n. ok norðr liggr helvegr).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚾᛁᚦᚱ
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- gen.
- genitive.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- adv.
- adverb.
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