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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