Trauðr

Old Norse Dictionary - trauðr

Meaning of Old Norse word "trauðr" in English.

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

trauðr Old Norse word can mean:

trauðr
adj. unwilling, loth, reluctant, Hkv. 2. 28, Skv. 3. 49; Kjartan var trauðr til ok hét þó ferðinni, Ld. 204; t. mun ek af hendi at láta sveit þessa, Eg. 65; em vér því trauðir at taka vandræði annarra, Nj. 181; t. em ek at fyrirláta þann átrúnað, sem …, Fms. i. 129; hann var t. til, he was loth to do it, Orkn. 40; trauðr em ek at týna þeim sigri, Ó. H. 74; Björn var t. til ok mæltisk undan, 51.
trauðr
2. with gen., trauðr e-s, esp. in poets, Korm. (in a verse); trauðr góðs hugar, Gkv. 2. 10; all-trauðr flugar, Hkv. i. 52.
trauðr
3. neut. trautt, as adverb, hardly, scarcely (= Germ. kaum), Band. 32 new Ed., Hkr. iii. 85, Fs. 67, Gullþ. 9; trautt til fær, Bs. i. 267; sem trauðast, Clem. 36, Þiðr. 203.

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

Abbreviations used:

adj.
adjective.
n.
neuter.
v.
vide.
esp.
especially.
gen.
genitive.
m.
masculine.
Germ.
German.
neut.
neuter.
þ.
þáttr.

Works & Authors cited:

Björn
Biörn Halldórsson.
Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Hkv.
Helga-kviða Hundingsbana. (A. II.)
Ld.
Laxdæla Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Orkn.
Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)
Ó. H.
Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)
Skv.
Sigurðar-kviða. (A. II.)
Gkv.
Guðrúnar-kviða. (A. II.)
Korm.
Kormaks Saga. (D. II.)
Band.
Banda-manna Saga. (D. II.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
Clem.
Clements Saga. (F. III.)
Fs.
Forn-sögur. (D. II.)
Gullþ.
Gull-Þóris Saga. (D. II.)
Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Þiðr.
Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)
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