Prúðr

Old Norse Dictionary - prúðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "prúðr" in English.

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

prúðr Old Norse word can mean:

prúðr
adj. [from the A. S. prâd; old French prudhomme], fine, magnificent, stately. The word is used in Sighvat, and appears at the beginning of the 11th century (in the reign of king Canute); it is very freq. in the poets of the following century, but less freq. in prose; it is also freq. in mod. usage, although not in the mod. Engl. sense of ‘proud,’ which is a derived one; drekans prúða, the proud ship: af þramval prúðum, id.; prúðar ekkjur, the proud ladies; várum þá. prúðir, then were we grand, FmS. vi. (in a verse), and so passim in Lex. Poët.; er ér lituð þá svá prúða, stirðu ér veslugir upp á þeirra fegrð, Mar.; ríðr nu sá prúðr, er vanr var at ganga fátækliga, MS. 4. 6; prúð hibýli, Ísl. ii. 415; konu dýrliga ok prúða, a stately lady, Str.; hár-prúðr, having splendid hair:—of manners, fine; hann var hverjum manni kurteisari, því var hann kallaðr Ásbjörn prúði, Fb. i. 524; hátt-p., sið-p., híbýla-p. (q. v.); geð-p., gentle: a nickname, Hugi inn Prúði, Orkn.
prúðr
II. gallant, brave; hug-p., hjarta-p., q. v.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
Engl.
English.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gl.
glossary.
l.
line.
mod.
modern.
n.
neuter.
q. v.
quod vide.
S.
Saga.
v.
vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Mar.
Maríu Saga. (F. III.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Str.
Strengleikar. (G. II.)
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