Nátt-urðr

Old Norse Dictionary - nátt-urðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "nátt-urðr" in English.

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

nátt-urðr Old Norse word can mean:

nátt-urðr
and nátt-verðr, m., nótturðr, GrEg. 28, 74; [Swed. nattvärd; Dan. nadver]:—a ‘night-meal,’ supper; fara til náttverðar, Fms. i. 209 (as also Hkr. and Fb. l. c.); fyrir náttverð ok eptir, Fms. x. 331; gefa náttverð, K. Þ. K. 108; ala prest at dagverði ok náttverði, 50; búa til nátturðar, Edda 29; settisk Þórr til náttverðar ok þeir lagsmenn, 28; af því er samkunda Guðs köllut n́tturðr heldr en dögurðr, GrEg. 28; er eigi sá beini beztr, at yðr sé borð sett ok gefinn náttverðr, ok síðan fari þér at sofa, Eg. 548; suppers are also meant by the meals in the poem Rm.; náttverðar dvöl, stopping for supper, Hkr. ii. 373.
nátt-urðr
COMPDS: náttverðareldi, náttverðarmál, nótturðartíð.

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

Abbreviations used:

Dan.
Danish.
l.
line.
l. c.
loco citato.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
Swed.
Swedish.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda
Edda. (C. I.)
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Greg.
Gregory. (F. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
K. Þ. K.
Kristinn-réttr Þorláks ok Ketils = Kristinna-laga-þáttr. (B. I.)
Rm.
Rígsmál. (A. II.)
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