Auð-vinr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Auð-vinr

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 auð-vinr

m. (poët.) a charitable friend [A. S. eâðvine] ; in the old poets freq. spelt otvin, v. Lex. Poët.

2 auð-vinr

β. as a pr. name Auðunn; the etymology in Hkr. i. 12 is bad; and so is also the popular etymology of this word = none, fr. auðr, vacuus.

Runic Inscription

ᛅᚢᛏ-ᚢᛁᚾᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

A. S.
Anglo-Saxon.
ch
chapter.
freq
frequent, frequently.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
m.
masculine.
poët.
poetical, poetically.
pr.
proper.
S.
South, Southern.
v.
vide, verb.

Works & Authors

Hkr.
Heimskringla. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.

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