óð-ræði

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

óð-ræði

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 óð-ræði

n. counsel of wisdom or a council (?); hverr mér hugaðr á hlið standi, annarr þegn við óðræði, what other man shall stand by my side, as a friend, in the council? i. e. where am I now to look for friendly help and comfort? Stor. 14; this we believe is the bearing of the passage, and not as explained in Lex. Poët. (= a row, tumult, fight, from óðr, adj.)

Runic Inscription

ᚢᛏ-ᚱᛅᛏᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

adj
adjective.
adj.
adjective.
i. e.
id est.
id
idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
n.
neuter.

Works & Authors

Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
Stor.
Sona-torrek. (A. III.)

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