Þrúðr
Old Norse Dictionary - þrúðrMeaning of Old Norse word "þrúðr" in English.
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
þrúðr Old Norse word can mean:
- þrúðr
- f., acc. and dat. Þrúði, the name of a goddess, the daughter of Thor and Sif, Edda, Lex. poët.; also the name of a woman, Þrúðr; as also in compds, Her-þrúðr, Sig-þrúðr, Jar-þrúðr, Landn., Fms.; cp. the Germ. drude = a witch or evil fairy, Grimm’s Dict. s. v.
- þrúðr
- B. IN COMPDS; [the etymology may be illustrated from the Goth. þroþjan = γυμνάζειν, us-þroþjan = μυειν, us-þroþeins = γυμνασία; to this root belongs í-þrótt (q. v.), qs. ið-þrót; perh. also þróttr, q. v.; or is it akin to Germ. drude (for which see Grimm’s Dict.)?]: used in some old poët. compd words referring to Thor: Þrúð-hamarr, m. the master hammer of Thor, Ls. 57: Þrúð-heimr, Þrúð-vangr, m. the name of the mythical abode of Thor, Gm. 4, Edda: þ;rúð-valdr, in þrúðvaldr goða, the heroic, doughty defender of the gods, i. e. Thor, Hbl.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚦᚱᚢᚦᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- acc.
- accusative.
- cp.
- compare.
- dat.
- dative.
- f.
- feminine.
- Germ.
- German.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- s. v.
- sub voce.
- v.
- vide.
- Goth.
- Gothic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- perh.
- perhaps.
- poët.
- poetically.
- qs.
- quasi.
- q. v.
- quod vide.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
- Gm.
- Grímnis-mál. (A. I.)
- Hbl.
- Harbarðs-ljóð. (A. I.)
- Ls.
- Loka-senna. (A. I.)