orðstírr

Old Norse

Etymology

From orð (“word”) +‎ tírr (“glory”).

Noun

orðstírr m (genitive orðstírs)

  1. fame, renown, good report
    • 800s, Hávamál, verse 76
      Deyr fé, / deyja frændr,
      deyr sjalfr it sama,
      en orðstírr / deyr aldregi,
      hveim er sér góðan getr.
      Cattle die, / kinsmen die;
      the self dies the same.
      But a word-glory / never dies
      for him, who a good one gets.

Declension

Declension of orðstírr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative orðstírr orðstírrinn orðstírar orðstírarnir
accusative orðstír orðstírinn orðstíra orðstírana
dative orðstíri orðstírinum orðstírum orðstírunum
genitive orðstírs orðstírsins orðstíra orðstíranna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: orðstír

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “orðstírr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 322; also available at the Internet Archive
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