Hlöðr

Old Norse Dictionary - hlöðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "hlöðr" (or hlǫðr) in English.

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

hlöðr (hlǫðr): m. [hlaða], a destroyer, vanquisher, Lex. Poët.: a pr. name, Fas.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, hlöðr may be more accurately written as hlǫðr.

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

Abbreviations used:

m.: masculine.

pr.: proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

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

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