Urð

Old Norse Dictionary - urð

Meaning of Old Norse word "urð" in English.

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

urð Old Norse word can mean:

urð: f. [the origin of this word is uncertain; the ð is radical, for were it inflexive, an ‘umlaut’ would have taken place in the vowel (it would then be yrð, not urð), see Gramm. xxxii, col. 2, l. 10 sqq.]:—a heap of stones, on the sea-beach, or from an earth-slip; sævar-urð, piles of broken stones on the sea-shore, Orkn. 114; at veiða otr er lá í urðinni undir höfðanum … þeir segja at hann væri þar á urðinni, 276; grjót ok urðir, Edda 5; urð sú lá í dalnum er Sefsurð heitir, ok er þar hvárki fært mönnum né hrossum … urðar-brot, breaking through an urð, Ó. H. 186; fætr Loka taka niðr grjótið, urðir ok viðu, Edda 45; látum liggja Ljotúlf goða, í urð ok í urð, Sd. (in a verse); draga urð at e-m, to pile stones on, Fms. vii. (in a verse).

urð: COMPDS: urðarköttr, urðarmaðr, urðarsteinn, urðhæingr.

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

Abbreviations used:

f.: feminine.

l.: line.

m.: masculine.

n.: neuter.

Works & Authors cited:

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fms.: Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)

Orkn.: Orkneyinga Saga. (E. II.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Sd.: Svarfdæla Saga. (D. II.)

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