Sauðr

Old Norse Dictionary - sauðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "sauðr" in English.

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

sauðr Old Norse word can mean:

sauðr
m., gen. sauðar, dat. sauð, pl. sauðir; the gen. sauðs, Barl. 47, 101, is unusual; [Ulf. sauþs or sauds = θυσία or sacrifice, which is thus shewn to be the original sense; sjóða and seyðir are kindred words; Ivar Aasen sau or saud, ‘sauden er daud’]:—a sheep; sauði eða búfé, Grág. i. 148, 414, ii. 306, Js. 78, Stj. 171, Grett. 134, 137, Fs. 25, 71, Nj. 26, Bs. i. 315, 646, 647; henda skjarra sauði, 330; svín hans gengu á Svínanesi, en sauðir á Hjarðarnesi, Landn. 124: sing. collect., reka saudinn í réttir, Sti. 171; þat þótti honum útal hve margr sauðr þar var í dalnum, Grett. 136; hrút eðr hafra … þótt sá sauðrinn verði dauðr, Grág. ii. 310: eccl., Clem. 58, Fms. x. 318, cp. John x. 1–16.
sauðr
2. in mod. usage, a wether.
sauðr
COMPDS: sauðabeit, sauðadunr, sauðaferð, sauðaflokkr, sauðagangr, sauðageymsla, sauðargæra, sauðahirðir, sauðahús, sauðahústún, sauðahvarf, sauðarhöfuð, sauðarjarmr, sauðakjöt, sauðaklippari, sauðakví, sauðakvöð, sauðaleit, sauðamaðr, sauðamjólk, sauðarekstr, sauðarétt, sauðarreyfi, sauðaslitr, sauðasveinn, sauðatað, sauðataka, auðarull, sauðaþjófnaðr, sauðaþjófr.

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

Abbreviations used:

collect.
collective.
cp.
compare.
dat.
dative.
eccl.
ecclesiastical.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
l.
line.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
pl.
plural.
sing.
singular.
Ulf.
Ulfilas.
mod.
modern.

Works & Authors cited:

Barl.
Barlaams Saga. (F. III.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Clem.
Clements Saga. (F. III.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Grett.
Grettis Saga. (D. II.)
Ivar Aasen
Ivar Aasen’s Dictionary, 1850.
Js.
Járnsíða. (B. III.)
Landn.
Landnáma. (D. I.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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