Naðr

Old Norse Dictionary - naðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "naðr" in English.

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

naðr Old Norse word can mean:

naðr: m., and naðra, u, f.; the r is radical, naðrs, naðri, an irreg. dat. nöðri, Edda 97 (in a verse); [Ulf. nadrs = ἔχιδνα, Luke iii. 7; A. S. nædre; O. H. G. natra, f.; Germ. natter]:—a viper, adder, snake, Edda 99, Hkv. Hjörv. 9, Vsp. 56; fránn naðr, 65, Edda 54 (in a verse); eitrsvalr naðr, 97 (in a verse); naðrs-tunga, snake-tongue, Ísl. ii. (in a verse): the fem. naðra, in Edda 99, Stj. 97, 417, FaS. i. 220; nema sú naðra er renndi at honum, 76; nöðrur ok ormar, FmS. iv. 248:—in poetical expressions, naðra-deyðir, ‘snake-bane,’ i. e. the winter, Mork. 214; naðrs-bingr, serpent-lair, i. e. gold; unda naðr, wound-snake, i. e. the sword; rausnar-naðr = a ship (see rausn); sjávar-naðr, a sea-serpent, i. e. a ship of war; val-naðr, hræ-naðr, carrion-serpent, i. e. a sword, see Lex. Poët.: the word is never used in prose.

naðr: 2. freq. also of a war ship = Ormr, Hallfred (FS. 208, 209).

naðr: 3. the name of a sword, Eg.

naðr: COMPDS: nöðrukyn, nöðruætt.

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

Abbreviations used:

A. S.: Anglo-Saxon.

dat.: dative.

f.: feminine.

fem.: feminine.

Germ.: German.

i. e.: id est.

irreg.: irregular.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

O. H. G.: Old High German.

S.: Saga.

Ulf.: Ulfilas.

v.: vide.

freq.: frequent, frequently.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fas.: Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Hkv.: Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)

Hkv. Hjörv.: Helga-kviða Hjörvarðssonar. (A. II.)

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

Mork.: Morkinskinna. (E. I.)

Stj.: Stjórn. (F. I.)

Vsp.: Völuspá. (A. I.)

Fs.: Forn-sögur. (D. II.)

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

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