Auð-vinr

Old Norse Dictionary - auð-vinr

Meaning of Old Norse word "auð-vinr" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

auð-vinr Old Norse word can mean:

auð-vinr: m. (poët.) a charitable friend [A. S. eâðvine] ; in the old poets freq. spelt otvin, v. Lex. poët.

auð-vinr: β. as a pr. name Auðunn; the etymology in Hkr. i. 12 is bad; and so is also the popular etymology of this word = none, fr. auðr, vacuus.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛅᚢᚦ-ᚢᛁᚾᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

m.: masculine.

poët.: poetically.

S.: Saga.

v.: vide.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Lex. Poët.: Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

Hkr.: Heimskringla. (E. I.)

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