Auðn

Old Norse Dictionary - auðn

Meaning of Old Norse word "auðn" in English.

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

auðn Old Norse word can mean:

auðn: f. [auðr, adj.]

auðn: 1. a wilderness, desert; auðn Sinai, Stj. 300.

auðn: β. land which has no owner or is waste, uninhabited; bygðust þá margar auðnir víða, many wide wastes were then peopled, Eg. 15; alla auðn landsins, Fms. i. 5, viii. 33, GrEg. 33: the auðn was claimed as a royal domain; konungr á hér a. alla í landi, Fms. xi. 225; um þær auðnir er menn vilja byggja, þá skal sá ráða er a. á, the owner of the waste, N. G. L. i. 125: different from almenningr, compascuum or common.

auðn: 2. more specially a deserted farm or habitation; sá bær hét síðan á Hrappstöðum, þar er nú a., Ld. 24; liggja í a., to lie waste, 96, Grág. ii. 214, cp. 278.

auðn: 3. destruction; auðn borgarinnar (viz. Jerusalem), GrEg. 40, Rb. 332, Ver. 43, Sd. 179 (where auðnu, f.); ríki mitt stendr mjök til auðnar, is in a state of desolation, Fms. xi. 320, Bret. 68: insolvency, utter poverty, Grág. i. 62.

auðn: COMPDS: auðnarhús, auðnaróðal, auðnarseL.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.: adjective.

f.: feminine.

L.: Linnæus.

cp.: compare.

viz.: namely.

l.: line.

Works & Authors cited:

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Eg.: Egils Saga. (D. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Greg.: Gregory. (F. II.)

N. G. L.: Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)

Grág.: Grágás. (B. I.)

Ld.: Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Bret.: Breta Sögur. (G. I.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

Ver.: Veraldar Saga. (E. II.)

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