Iðr

Old Norse Dictionary - iðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "iðr" in English.

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

iðr Old Norse word can mean:

iðr
n. pl.; [this word cannot be derived from inn (ð = nn), for even the Gothic idreiga and idreigon have the d; O. H. G. in-adiri; the word is prob., as suggested by Grimm, akin to Germ. ader, Icel. æðr (a vein)]:—the bowels, entrails (see innyfli), Grág. ii. 371, Bs. i. 346, Orkn. 458, Landn. 217, Ld. 222, Gullþ. 23, Fbr. 208, Fms. iii. 77, viii. 326; iðr ok innyfli, Stj. 280, Post. 238.
iðr
II. metaph., freq. in eccl. usage like σπλάγχνα; miskunar-iðr, bowels of mercy, n. T.; skaka ok skelfa iðr ok alvöru síns föður, Stj. 132. iðra-kveisa, u, f., iðra-verkr, m., North. E. and Scot. ‘belly-work,’ a pain in the bowels, 655 xii. 3, Al. 23, Stj. 436.

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

Abbreviations used:

Germ.
German.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
O. H. G.
Old High German.
pl.
plural.
prob.
probably.
þ.
þáttr.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
f.
feminine.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
metaph.
metaphorical, metaphorically.
North. E.
Northern English.
Scot.
Scottish.

Works & Authors cited:

Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Fbr.
Fóstbræðra Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Post.
Postula Sögur. (F. III.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
Al.
Alexanders Saga. (G. I.)
N. T.
New Testament.
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