Orð
Old Icelandic Dictionary - orðMeaning of Old Icelandic word "orð" in English.
As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):
orð Old Icelandic word can mean:
- orð
- n.
- orð
- 1) word;
- orð
- ef maðr mælir nökkuru orði í mót, if a man speaks a word against it;
- orð
- segja í sínu orði hvárt, to say one thing in one breath and another in the next;
- orð
- taka til orða, to begin to speak;
- orð
- kveða at orði, to say, utter;
- orð
- hafa við ~, to hint at;
- orð
- vel orði farinn, well-spoken, eloquent;
- orð
- fornkveðit ~, an old saw;
- orð
- 2) word, repute, report (gott, illt ~);
- orð
- fyrir orðs sakir, because of what people might say;
- orð
- leggja e-t til orðs, to talk about;
- orð
- þótt okkr sé þat til orðs lagit, although we are blamed for it;
- orð
- 3) message (senda, gøra e-m ~).
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚢᚱᚦ
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- e-t
- eitthvat.
- e-m
- einhverjum.
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