Sauðr
Old Norse Dictionary - sauðrMeaning 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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