auðr

Old Norse

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɑuðr̩/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *auþijaz (“void, empty”), whence also Old English ēaþ and Old High German ōdi, whence German öde, Öde and Einöde.

Adjective

auðr

  1. desolate
Descendants
  • Icelandic: auður
  • Faroese: eyður
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aud
  • Old Swedish: ø̄þe
    • Swedish: öde
    • ⇒ Old Swedish: öþkn, økn
  • Old Danish: ødtæ
    • Danish: øde
      • Norwegian Bokmål: øde
    • ⇒ Old Danish: øthkn, øthken

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *audaz (“goods, possession, luck”). Cognate with Old English ēad, Old Saxon ōd, Old High German ōt, the first part of Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (audahafts, “fortunate”).

Noun

auðr m (genitive auðs or auðar)

  1. (uncountable) riches, wealth
    • Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar 175, in 1826, S. Egilsson, Þ. Guðmundsson, Fornmanna sögur, Volume II. Copenhagen, page 80:
      […] en þó er nú at kominn vestan af Englandi, skortir mik eigi auð, […]
      […] but though that now is west of England, I am not short of money, […]
Declension
Declension of auðr (strong a-stem, singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite definite
nominative auðr auðrinn
accusative auð auðinn
dative auði auðinum
genitive auðs, auðar auðsins, auðarins
Derived terms
  • auðhóf (“wealth”)
  • auðhœfl (“wealth”)
  • auðkýfingr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðlegð (“wealth”)
  • auðmaðr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðmildingr (“generous man”)
  • auðrann (“rich house”)
  • auðráð (“wealth”)
  • auðræði (“means, property”)
  • auðsalir (“rich halls”)
  • auðstafr (“wealthy man”)
  • auðœfl (“wealth”)
  • gullauðr (“wealth in gold”)
  • auðga (“to enrich”)
  • auðigr (“rich”)
  • auðna (“good fortune”)
  • auðna (“to fall out by fate”)
  • auðnulauss (“luckless”)
  • auðnumaðr (“lucky man”)
  • auðnusamliga (“fortunately”)
  • auðugr (“rich”)
Descendants

Further reading

  • Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “auðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 32
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “auðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 25; also available at the Internet Archive
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